Medieval interest in physical astronomy has been relatively neglected compared to positional astronomy. In this paper tables for colors of solar and lunar eclipses in Hebrew manuscripts are examined, ...

There is nothing particularly tricky about sundials–unless you were a medieval nobleman and the sundial you carried in your pocket was your primary method for telling time. In that case you might have ...

The University of Texas at Arlington Library and the Medieval Science and Technology class are collaborating on a special eclipse exhibition. Editor’s note: This story is part of The Dallas Morning ...

Rachel Feltman: These days, science and magic are generally thought of as being diametrically opposed: fact versus fiction, reason versus fantasy, modern sensibilities versus archaic misconceptions.

LONDON — A device that helped medieval scientists tell time will remain in Britain after the British Museum scrambled to come up with the money to buy it. The brass astronomy tool, called an astrolabe ...

A long-standing myth about medieval history is that the Middle Ages were intellectually dark. Science supposedly took a hiatus between the demise of Rome and the rise of Copernican astronomy and ...

LONDON — A rare astronomy tool that helped medieval scientists tell time will remain in Britain after the British Museum scrambled to come up with the money to buy it. The brass device, called an ...