Astronomy and Astrology in al-Andalus and the Maghrib (Variorum Collected Studies)

This new volume of papers by Julio SamsÃ3 deals with the development of astronomy and astrology in al-Andalus and the Maghrib between the 10th and the 19th centuries. Opening with a survey of the social history of the exact sciences in al-Andalus, the book then looks at astronomical tables: the first stages of the introduction of al-Khwarizmi's and al-Battani's tables through the school of Maslama al-Majriti, the development of Ibn al-Zarqalluh/ Azarquiel's theories in Maghribi zijes (Ibn al-Banna' and Ibn Azzuz) and the abandonment of this tradition towards the end of the 14th century. From this period onwards new Eastern zijes (Muhyi al-Din al-Maghribi, Ibn al-Shatir, Ulugh Beg) are introduced in the Maghrib and, towards the beginning of the 17th century, a translation of Abraham Zacut and José Vizinho's Almanach Perpetuum (end of the 15th century) becomes well known in the whole Islamic world, from Morocco to the Yemen. As well as zijes themselves, the author also deals with theoretical astronomy (the use of an elliptical deferent for Mercury in Ibn al-Zarqalluh's equatorium and the criticisms of Ibn al-Haytham and Jabir b. Aflah on Ptolemy's determination of the parameters of the same planet), and with the use of zijes for the calculation of horoscopes, and an experimental astrological method for the correction of mean motion planetary tables (Ibn Azzuz). This new volume of papers by Julio SamsÃ3 deals with the development of astronomy and astrology in al-Andalus and the Maghrib between the 10th and the 19th centuries. Opening with a survey of the social history of the exact sciences in al-Andalus, the book then looks at astronomical tables: the first stages of the introduction of al-Khwarizmi's and al-Battani's tables through the school of Maslama al-Majriti, the development of Ibn al-Zarqalluh/ Azarquiel's theories in Maghribi zijes (Ibn al-Banna' and Ibn Azzuz) and the abandonment of this tradition towards the end of the 14th century. From this period onwards new Eastern zijes (Muhyi al-Din al-Maghribi, Ibn al-Shatir, Ulugh Beg) are introduced in the Maghrib and, towards the beginning of the 17th century, a translation of Abraham Zacut and José Vizinho's Almanach Perpetuum (end of the 15th century) becomes well known in the whole Islamic world, from Morocco to the Yemen. As well as zijes themselves, the author also deals with theoretical astronomy (the use of an elliptical deferent for Mercury in Ibn al-Zarqalluh's equatorium and the criticisms of Ibn al-Haytham and Jabir b. Aflah on Ptolemy's determination of the parameters of the same planet), and with the use of zijes for the calculation of horoscopes, and an experimental astrological method for the correction of mean motion planetary tables (Ibn Azzuz). 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Berrani) 89 VI: “Al-Bīrūnī” in al-Andalus 109 VII: Ibn al-Haytham and Jābir b. Aflaḥ’s Criticism of Ptolemy’s Determination of the Parameters of Mercury 139 Part 2: The Maghrib 8 VIII: The Computation of Planetary Longitudes in the zīj of Ibn al-Bannā (with E. Millás) 167 IX: Andalusian Astronomy in 14th century Fez: al-Zīj al-Muwāfiq of Ibn ʿAzzūz al-Qusanṭīnī 195 X: Horoscopes and History: Ibn ʿAzzūz and his Retrospective Horoscopes Related to the battle of El Salado (1340) 233 XI: An Outline of the History of Maghribī zijes from the end of the thirteenth century 259 XII: Astronomical Observations in the Maghrib in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries 269 XIII: On the Lunar Tables in Sanjaq Dār’s Zīj al-Sharīf 283 Part 3: The Introduction Of Alfonsine Astronomy In The Arab World Through The Arabic Translations Of Zacut's Almanach Perpetuum 9 XIV: Abraham Zacut and José Vizinho’s Almanach Perpetuum in Arabic (16th-19th c.) 304 XV: On the Arabic Translation of the Colophon of the Almanach Perpetuum 321 XVI: In Pursuit of Zacut’s Almanach Perpetuum in the Eastern Islamic World 327 Addenda et Corrigenda 355 Index of Names and Subjects 359 Index of Manuscripts 375 Index of Parameters and Numerical Values 377 Exact,Sciences;,De,mensura,astrolabii;,Mercury;,World,Astrology;,Planetary,Longitudes;,Andalusian,Astronomy;,Horoscopes Exact Sciences,De mensura astrolabii,Mercury,World Astrology,Planetary Longitudes,Andalusian Astronomy,Horoscopes A collection of papers related to the development of astronomy and astrology in al-Andalus and the Maghrib between the tenth and the nineteenth centuries. Beginning with a revision of the information extant in historical sources about the social history of the exact sciences in al-Andalus, the book contains studies related to astronomical tables: the first stages of the introduction of al-Khwarizmi and al-Battani's tables through the school of Maslama al-Majriti, the development of Ibn al-Zarqalluh/ Azarquiel's theories in Maghribi zĩjes (Ibn al-Bannãʼ and Ibn Azzũz) and the abandonnement of this tradition towards the end of the fourteenth century. From this period onwards new Eastern zĩjes (Muhyi al-Din al-Maghribi, Ibn al-Shatir, Ulugh Beg) are introduced in the Maghrib and, towards the beginning of the seventeenth century, a translation of Abraham Zacut and José Vizinho's Almanach Perpetuum (end of the fifteenth century) becomes well known in the whole Islamic world, from Morocco to the Yemen. Apart from zĩjes, the volume also deals with theoretical astronomy (the use of an elliptical deferent for Mercury in Ibn al-Zarqalluh's equatorium and the criticisms of Ibn al-Haytham and Jabir b. Aflah on Ptolemy's determination of the parameters of the same planet), as well as with the use of zĩjes for the calculation of horoscopes and the use of an experimental astrological method for the correction of mean motion planetary tables (Ibn Azzũz) Julio Samsó. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.