The call of the muezzin : : studies in astronomical timekeeping and instrumentation in medieval Islamic civilization : (studies I-IX) / / by David King.
King (history of science, F.W. Goethe U., Frankfurt, Germany), in the first of two volumes, presents an analysis of over 500 manuscripts that document the use of the sun and stars to keep time, an essential task in determining the hour of prayer, which is called by the muezzin in the Islamic world....
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Superior document: | Islamic philosophy, theology, and science, v. 55 |
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Year of Publication: | 2004 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ;
v. 55. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (987 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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