Product DescriptionScholars concerned with charter chronology consider the potential of the computerised methodology compare to other more traditional methods of dating. Many of the millions of medieval charters surviving in European archives and repositories were written without any reference to a date of issue. The proliferation of undated charters in England and Normandy indicates that the custom was especially… Continue reading
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Geometrical and Statistical Methods of Analysis of Star Configurations Dating Ptolemy’s Almagest
Product DescriptionThis easy-to-follow book offers a statistico-geometrical approach for dating ancient star catalogs. The authors’ scientific methods reveal statistical properties of ancient catalogs and overcome the difficulties of their dating originated by the low accuracy of these catalogs. Methods are tested on reliably dated medieval star catalogs and applied to the star catalog of the Almagest. Here, the dating… Continue reading