Publisher's description:
A Survey of European Astronomical Tables in the Late Middle Ages is a first attempt to classify and illustrate the numerous astronomical tables compiled from about the 10th century to the early 16th century in the Latin West. The compilation of astronomical tables was a major and dynamic intellectual enterprise. These tables respond to a wide variety of astronomical problems and computational needs, and contain a large number of ingenious solutions proposed by astronomers over the centuries. In the absence of algebraic notation and mathematical graphing techniques, a table was often the best way to transmit precise information to the reader. Indeed, an astronomical table is not a just a list of data, but a structured way to present numerical information of astronomical interest.

Table of contents:
Preface
Introduction
1. Chronology
2. Trigonometry and spherical astronomy
3. Equation of time
4. Precession and apogees
5. Mean motions and radices
6. Equations
7. True positions
8. Velocity
9. Latitudes
10. Stations and retrogradations
11. Visibility of the Moon and the planets
12. Parallax
13. Syzygies
14. Planetary conjunctions
15. Eclipses
16. Fixed stars
17. Geographical lists
18. Astrology
19. Miscellaneous
Bibliography
Index.