Yet it was frequently discussed in a language that is more resonant of the Middle Ages than the scientific laboratory.

In the early Middle Ages, Irish monks transported an important collection of texts to continental Europe. Written during ...

On the second floor of the Library of Saint Mark in Venice, a map of the world occupies an entire room – and rightfully so, considering its historical significance and imposing size (2.4m x 2.4m ...

It is incised with maps of the known world of 1524, including North America, as explored by Giovanni da Verrazzano. ... The Book of Marvels: Imagining the Medieval World.

This depiction of the world as Ptolemy knew it, published in a 1482 edition of Geographia, was printed from carved wood blocks. Any maps Ptolemy himself created have been lost, but later scholars ...

A map pinpointing hundreds of homicides in 14th-century England could help teach medieval history. By Isabella Kwai A spice merchant stabbed by a fruit seller over a longstanding feud. A street ...

The map segment, which was found beneath the text on a sheet of medieval parchment, is thought to be a copy of the long-lost star catalog of the second century B.C. Greek astronomer Hipparchus ...

Art & Tech The World’s Oldest Map of the Stars, Lost for Thousands of Years, Has Been Found in the Pages of a Medieval Parchment. The ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus catalogued the ...

A Medieval Manuscript Has Revealed the Oldest Known Map of the Stars Advanced imaging uncovered part of the Greek astronomer Hipparchus’ long-lost star catalog Sarah Kuta - Daily Correspondent ...

The Canterbury Village Medieval Faire kicks off tomorrow in Lake Orion. “We have everything, over 40+ vendors from all over the realm,” said Robert Vicary, Organizer of the Canterbury Village ...

Hipparchus, who's also known as the father of trigonometry, is often considered the greatest astronomer of ancient Greece. Parts of his star map appear to have shown up in the Codex Climaci ...