IMC 2005: Sessions
Session 306: Predicting the Future: Astrological Texts and Instruments
Monday 11 July 2005, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | The British Museum |
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Organiser: | Catherine Eagleton, Department of Coins & Medals, British Museum, London |
Moderator/Chair: | Anke Timmermann, Department of History & Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge |
Paper 306-a | Chaucer on Astrology and the Astrolabe (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Science |
Paper 306-b | Science or Superstition?: Astrology and Instruments (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Science |
Paper 306-c | A Practical Demonstration of the Use of the Astrolabe (Language: English) |
Abstract | This session will look at objects and texts in medieval astrology - how did medieval scholars cast horoscopes and what tools did they use to do it? The three papers in this session will take evidence from texts, images and material culture as a starting point for discussion of astrology in theory and practice. |