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Astronomy, weather, and calendars in the ancient world : parapegmata and related texts in classical and Near-Eastern societies
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ISBN: 9780521851817 0521851815 Year: 2007 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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The focus of this book is the interplay between ancient astronomy, meteorology, physics and calendrics. It looks at a set of popular instruments and texts (parapegmata) used in antiquity for astronomical weather prediction and the regulation of day-to-day life. Farmers, doctors, sailors, and others needed to know when the heavens were conducive to various activities, and they developed a set of fairly sophisticated tools and texts for tracking temporal, astronomical, and weather cycles. For the first time the sources are presented in full, with an accompanying translation. A new and comprehensive analysis explores questions such as: What methodologies were used in developing the science of astrometeorology? What kinds of instruments were employed and how did these change over time? How was the material collected and passed on? How did practices and theories differ in the different cultural contexts of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome?


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Deux Panegyrika melkites pour la seconde partie de l'année liturgique : Jérusalem s. Anne 38 et Harīsā 37.
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ISBN: 8821005275 8821006298 8821006948 9788821005275 9788821006944 9788821006296 Year: 1986 Volume: 315- Publisher: Città del Vaticano Biblioteca apostolica Vaticana

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