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In On Both Sides of the Strait of Gibraltar Julio Samsó studies the history of medieval astronomy in al-Andalus (Muslim Spain), the Maghrib and the Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula. He proves that the Arabic, Latin, Hebrew, Castilian and Catalan sources belong to the same tradition whose origin can be dated in the 11th century due to the changes in Ptolemy’s astronomical theory introduced by the Toledan astronomer Ibn al-Zarqālluh/Azarquiel. The book also analyses the role of al-Andal
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- Author
- Julio Samsó
- Publisher
- Koninklijke Brill N.V.
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789004436589
- Category
- reference
- Subjects
- Science, Islam, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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