This video is an adaptation of one of my more recent SCA classes. It was prepared for a Canterbury Tales themed event last September, but I’d held off on converting it into a video, because I thought it would be appropriate to release the video on April 18th: The date of the pilgrimage Chaucer gives. Unfortunately, a bunch of real life got in the way…
Astronomy in Germany
Last month, I visited Germany for a conference on medieval Islamic astrolabes. Unfortunately, that was not particularly suitable for a video on my channel (as it was too deep in the weeds). But, if I was already heading across an ocean, I decided to take some additional time to visit some of Germany’s other astronomical locations.
Astronomy & Power
Understanding Ptolemy’s Almagest: Book V
How I Spent My Italian Vacation
Sicily’s Golden Age of Astronomy
My second video from my trip to Italy.
Ingazio Danti and the Gregorian Calendar Reform
Sorry for the slow posting. I was gone for half of October and the first week of November. Why?
I was on a European adventure to Italy and Greece. Part honeymoon, part collecting material for some new videos. Here’s the first of them!
Instrumentum Primi Mobilis – A Medieval Calculator
I’m really excited to post this video. It is the culmination of a lot of work. Not just research, but also in producing the instrument, translating, and visiting the Linda Hall Library to work with the original source material.
Understanding Ptolemy’s Almagest: Books I & II
I’m finally getting to some videos on the Almagest. So I suppose I need to get back to working on it, so I’m finished with it before the videos catch up…
The Real History Behnind “Orb: On the Movements of the Earth”
Did you know that Netflix has an entire anime series on medieval astronomy?
Of course I reviewed it.