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Music and the stars, mathematics in medieval Ireland, Mary Kelly & Charles Doherty, editors

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Music and the stars, mathematics in medieval Ireland, Mary Kelly & Charles Doherty, editors

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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platesillustrationsfacsimiles

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Music and the stars

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bibliography

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868009564

Responsibility statement

Mary Kelly & Charles Doherty, editors

Sub title

mathematics in medieval Ireland

Summary

International experts introduce and explore the history of mathematics in medieval Ireland - its reception, philosophy and the contribution made by Irish scholars to the development of science in Ireland and Western Europe

Table Of Contents

Saints, scholars and science in early medieval Ireland / Dáibhí Ó Cróinín -- Boethius in early Ireland : five centuries of study in the sciences / Pádraig P. Ó Néill -- Seventh-century Ireland : the cradle of medieval science? / Immo Warntjes -- From observation to scientific speculation in seventh-century Ireland / Marina Smyth -- Cummian's letter : science and heresy in seventh-century Ireland / Maura Walsh -- Music and the stars in early Irish composition / David Howlett -- When art was informed by mathematics / Robert D. Stevick -- Music and the stars in Cashel, Bolton Library, MS I / Charles Burnett -- The heavens, earth and imagined islands : an introduction to the medieval medical and astronomical resources of the Royal Irish Academy Library / Siobhán Fitzpatrick -- Clocks and guns : observations on medieval science and technology / Howard Clarke -- Music and the stars : the model for the present! / Anthony Harvey

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