Article ID: CBB546669432

Béziers as an Astronomical Center for Jews and Christians in the Mid-Twelfth Century (2017)

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The third and last of Abraham Ibn Ezra's three Hebrew treatises on the astrolabe was composed in Béziers in 1148. In 1144 or soon after, a Christian scholar, Rudolph of Bruges, composed a Latin work the construction of an astrolabe, referring to an observation he had made in the same city on April 24 of that year. The present article assembles the evidence that Béziers was a place where Jews and Christians were working together to write about and practice the science of the stars; it also proposes the identification of a certain “John David” as a patron of this activity.

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Authors & Contributors
Burnett, Charles
Rodríguez-Arribas, Josefina
Sela, Shlomo
King, David A.
Calvo, Emilia
Muriel Roiland
Concepts
Astronomy
Astrolabes
Science and religion
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Instruments, astronomical
Time Periods
Medieval
Early modern
Renaissance
Ancient
15th century
14th century
Places
France
Spain
Carolingian Empire
Italy
Europe
Persia (Iran)
Institutions
Adler Planetarium, Chicago
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