The Arabic Writing Tradition, an Historical Survey, Volume 10 : Mathematical Geography and Cartography in Islam and Their Legacy in the West (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 the Near and Middle East / the Arabic Writing Tradition: An Historic

Sezgin, Fuat/ Lameer, Joep (TRN)

Brill（2025/07発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 340 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789004713017

Full Description

Professor Dr Fuat Sezgin meticulously documented the scientific writings and advances achieved by Muslim scholars. His celebrated Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums (GAS), the largest bio-bibliography for the Arabic literary tradition in general, and the history of science and technology in the Islamic world in particular, is still importance for the field.

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Transliteration and Abbreviations

Chapter I

 A. The Current State of Research

 B. The Origins of Mathematical Geography

 C. Mathematical Geography in the Transitional Period Between the Greeks and the Arabs

 D. The Beginnings of Mathematical Geography in the Islamic World

 E. Post-Maʾmūnian Developments in Geographical Localisation in the 3rd/9th and 4th/10th Centuries

 F. Geographical Localisation from the 5th/11th to the 7th/13th Century

 G. The Further Development of Geographical Coordinate Tables in the Centre and East of the Islamic World

Chapter II

 A. The Legacy of Arabic Geography in the West

 B. Coordinate Tables Created in Europe in the 14th and 15th Centuries, Following Arabic Models

 C. Ptolemy's Geography in Europe

Chapter III

 A. Arabic Influence on the Emergence of the New Map Type in Europe

 B. The Cartographic Representation of Asia

 C. The Cartographic Representation of the Indian Ocean

Index