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Johannes de Sacrobosco

Johannes de Sacrobosco , or John of Hollywood, c.1200-1256, English mathematician and astronomer. He wrote several widely read and influential books: Algorismus, a study of arithmetic; a treatise on the calendar; and the most popular medieval introductory textbook on astronomy, the Tractatus de sphaera.

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Muris, Johannes de

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Muris, Johannes de [ Murs, Jehan des] (b Lisieux diocese, c.1300; d c.1350). Fr. music theorist. Wrote treatise Musica speculativa at Sorbonne, Paris, 1323, and 4 other treatises, incl. one on counterpoint. Opposed the innovations of the ars nova.

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Bosboom, Johannes

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Bosboom, Johannes (1817–91). Dutch painter, a member of the Hague School. He specialized in paintings of church interiors and was much inspired by the work of Emanuel de Witte—in many of his pictures the figures even wear 17th-century costumes.

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El "tesoro" de la Biblioteca Pública de Jalisco, extraordinario; ahí, el único ejemplar en Hispanoamérica de un libro de Copérnico.(TT: The "treasure" of the Public Library in Jalisco, extraordinary, there, the only unit in Hipanoamerica of a book by Copernico.)
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	El "tesoro" de la Biblioteca Pública de Jalisco, extraordinario; ahí, el único ejemplar en Hispanoamérica de un libro de Copérnico.(TT: The "treasure" of the Public Library in Jalisco, extraordinary, there, the only unit in Hipanoamerica of a book by Copernico.) Magazine article from: Proceso; 5/23/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...23 de julio de 1484; Sphera mundi, del agustino Johannes Sacrobosco o Sacrobusto, del 4 de noviembre de 1485, ambos...septiembre de 1491; Super universalibus Porphyrii, de Johannes Duns Scotus, fechado en Venecia el 5 de enero de...
	WHAT MOST EVERYONE KNEW IN 1492 Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/11/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...Dark Ages, but it was never lost. A standard astronomy textbook of the late Middle Ages was the "Sphere" of Johannes de Sacrobosco. The book offers several pieces of evidence for the sphericity of the Earth, including observations of the rising...
	Colloquium Series Opens With Magical Medicine Lecture News Wire article from: Targeted News Service; 2/26/2009; 577 words ; ...books, including studies of the post-classical Middle High German heroic epic known as the "Eckenlied" and Johannes de Sacrobosco's "Sphaera mundi," the most popular and widely used texts on astrology and cosmography at European universities...
	The measurements that remade the world Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/14/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...people who drift in and out of the story you've never heard of and will never remember, like John Sacrobosco, Joseph Justus Scaliger, Johannes Schoener, Matthaeus Schwartz and Richard Swineshead (to choose only those beginning with "s...
	`MEASURE OF REALITY' EXAMINES PLUMB LINE OF MODERN CULTURE.(Lifestyle)(Review) Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 1/16/1997; 700+ words ; ...people who drift in and out of the story you've never heard of and will never remember, like John Sacrobosco, Joseph Justus Scaliger, Johannes Schoener, Matt-haeus Schwartz and Richard Swines-head (to choose only those beginning with...
	Peering at the same stars, through different lenses; A day in the life of two astronomers, one from the 15th century, the 20th.(Features)(A Thousand Years) Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 10/28/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...to be impetuous. Paper was expensive, and his letter to Johannes Regiomontanus in Nuremberg would take days to reach its destination...mathematical calculations than for observing. Another was Sacrobosco's Sphere, now too elementary for Paolo, but remembered...