A bridge to the sky : science and arts in the age of ʻAbbas Ibn Firnas

Name: A bridge to the sky : science and arts in the age of ʻAbbas Ibn Firnas
Author: Anderson, Glaire D., author.

Title	A bridge to the sky : science and arts in the age of ʻAbbas Ibn Firnas
Author	Anderson, Glaire D., author.
Publication Date:	2024
Publication Place	New York, NY - Oxford University Press
Subject	Astronomers -- Spain -- Córdoba -- History, Aeronautics -- Spain -- Córdoba -- History, Muslim scientists -- Spain -- Andalusia -- History, Scientific apparatus and instruments -- History -- To 1500, Science, History of science, ʻAbbās Ibn Firnās, 810-887
Type	Book
Language	ara,eng
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	249
Library:	Wesleyan University Library
Library Asset ID	ISBN : 0-19-091327-4, ISBN : 0-19-091325-8, ISBN : 0-19-091326-6, OCLC : (OCoLC)1410123120, ISBN : 0-19-091324-X
Record ID	alma9933276426703768
Library Location	See online access
Date	2024
Notes	In English with selections in Arabic with English translations., Also issued in print: 2024., Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sample Text	• Cover • A Bridge to the Sky • Copyright • Dedication • Contents • Acknowledgments • A Note on Dates and Terms • 'Abbās Ibn Firnās and His Career: Selected Passages from Ibn Ḥayyān • I. Overview of ʿAbbās's Character and Career • II. On ʿAbbās's Background and Skills • III. On the Aeronautics Experiment • IV. On the Meteorological Chamber • V. On Two Precision Instruments Made for 'Abd al-Raḥmān II and Muḥammad I • VI. His Poem on the Villa (Munya) al-Rusāfa • Introduction: Ibn Firnas and His Legacy • Arts and Intellect • 1. The Sage of al-Andalus • Remembering a Ninth-Century Polymath • The Informants • A Portrait • His Intellectual World • Conclusion • 2. Mind and Hand • Inventor, Designer, Maker • The Earliest Andalusi Instruments • Signatures, Makers, and Making • The Celestial Globe of Ibrahim ibn Saʿīd al-Sahli al-Wazzan • 3. Visualizing Science at Home • Representing the Heavens at Home • Visualizing Ibn Firnas's Celestial Creation: A Painted Astronomical Vault? • Art, Science, and Medieval Diplomacy • Andalusi Automata: Al-Muradi's Kitab al-Asrar Fi Nataʼij al-Afkar • An International Taste for Automata • Science, the Occult, and Intellectual Culture • Architecture as Scientific Instrument: The Abbasid Nilometer • Conclusion • 4. Where Eagles and Vultures Dare • Imagining Flight-Early Visual Sources • Comparing the Sources • The Earliest Source • Palace of Science: Al-Rusafa • Vultures • Imagining a Medieval "Flight" • 5. Epilogue: Echoes • Notes • Bibliography • Index.
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A bridge to the sky : science and arts in the age of ʻAbbas Ibn Firnas

Author Anderson, Glaire D., author.

Publication Date 2024

Publication Place New York, NY - Oxford University Press

Subject Astronomers -- Spain -- Córdoba -- History, Aeronautics -- Spain -- Córdoba -- History, Muslim scientists -- Spain -- Andalusia -- History, Scientific apparatus and instruments -- History -- To 1500, Science, History of science, ʻAbbās Ibn Firnās, 810-887

Type Book

Language ara,eng

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 249

Library Wesleyan University Library

Library Asset ID ISBN : 0-19-091327-4, ISBN : 0-19-091325-8, ISBN : 0-19-091326-6, OCLC : (OCoLC)1410123120, ISBN : 0-19-091324-X

Record ID alma9933276426703768

Library Location See online access

Date 2024

Notes In English with selections in Arabic with English translations., Also issued in print: 2024., Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sample Text • Cover • A Bridge to the Sky • Copyright • Dedication • Contents • Acknowledgments • A Note on Dates and Terms • 'Abbās Ibn Firnās and His Career: Selected Passages from Ibn Ḥayyān • I. Overview of ʿAbbās's Character and Career • II. On ʿAbbās's Background and Skills • III. On the Aeronautics Experiment • IV. On the Meteorological Chamber • V. On Two Precision Instruments Made for 'Abd al-Raḥmān II and Muḥammad I • VI. His Poem on the Villa (Munya) al-Rusāfa • Introduction: Ibn Firnas and His Legacy • Arts and Intellect • 1. The Sage of al-Andalus • Remembering a Ninth-Century Polymath • The Informants • A Portrait • His Intellectual World • Conclusion • 2. Mind and Hand • Inventor, Designer, Maker • The Earliest Andalusi Instruments • Signatures, Makers, and Making • The Celestial Globe of Ibrahim ibn Saʿīd al-Sahli al-Wazzan • 3. Visualizing Science at Home • Representing the Heavens at Home • Visualizing Ibn Firnas's Celestial Creation: A Painted Astronomical Vault? • Art, Science, and Medieval Diplomacy • Andalusi Automata: Al-Muradi's Kitab al-Asrar Fi Nataʼij al-Afkar • An International Taste for Automata • Science, the Occult, and Intellectual Culture • Architecture as Scientific Instrument: The Abbasid Nilometer • Conclusion • 4. Where Eagles and Vultures Dare • Imagining Flight-Early Visual Sources • Comparing the Sources • The Earliest Source • Palace of Science: Al-Rusafa • Vultures • Imagining a Medieval "Flight" • 5. Epilogue: Echoes • Notes • Bibliography • Index.

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