Understanding the universe in seventh-century Ireland / Marina Smyth
1996, 1st edition. Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, N.Y. : Boydell Press. Near fine cloth copy with paper title-label and title blocked to spine. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #388048
ISBN: 0851153135
Physical description; 341 pp.; 24 cm. Contents; I. Introduction -- II. Creation -- III. The elements -- IV. The heavens of heavens -- V. The supercelestial waters -- VI. The firmament -- VII. The fiery space -- VIII. The two layers of air -- IX. The sea -- X. The earth -- XI. Hell and the purgatorial fire -- XII. Overview. Subjects; Cosmology, Medieval. Creation History of doctrines Middle Ages, 600-1500. Intellectual life. Astronomy. Ireland. Philosophy.
Price: €95.00