Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies

2 total works

In Synchrony with the Heavens, Volume 2 Instruments of Mass Calculation

by David King

Published 1 January 2005

This is the first investigation of timekeeping by the sun and stars and the regulation of the astronomically-defined times of Muslim prayer. The study is based on over 500 medieval astronomical manuscripts first identified by the author. A second volume, also published by Brill, deals with astronomical instruments for timekeeping and other computing devices.

In Synchrony with the Heavens, Volume 1 Call of the Muezzin

by David King

Published 23 December 2003

This is the first investigation of one of the main interests of astronomy in Islamic civilization, namely, timekeeping by the sun and stars and the regulation of the astronomically-defined times of Muslim prayer. The study is based on over 500 medieval astronomical manuscripts first identified by the author, now preserved in libraries all over the world and originally from the entire Islamic world from the Maghrib to Central Asia and the Yemen.