World-maps for Finding the Direction and Distance to Mecca : (Record no. 16200)
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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | BRILL9789004450738 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | nllekb |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20260610104855.0 |
| 007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 200716s1999 ne sb 001 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789004450738 |
| Qualifying information | (electronic book) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789004113671 |
| Qualifying information | (print) |
| 024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | 10.1163/9789004450738 |
| Source of number or code | DOI |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (OCoLC)1036932355 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | NL-LeKB |
| Transcribing agency | NL-LeKB |
| Description conventions | rda |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE | |
| Geographic area code | a-ir--- |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | GA1263.6 |
| Item number | .K56 1999 |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | HPDC |
| Source | bicssc |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | PHI |
| Subject category code subdivision | 022000 |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | REL |
| Subject category code subdivision | 037000 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 526/.0955/09032 |
| Edition information | 21 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | King, David, |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | World-maps for Finding the Direction and Distance to Mecca : |
| Remainder of title | Innovation and Tradition in Islamic Science / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | David King. |
| 246 3# - VARYING FORM OF TITLE | |
| Title proper/short title | Innovation and Tradition in Islamic Science |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Leiden; |
| -- | Boston : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | BRILL, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 1999. |
| 300 ## - online resource | |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies ; |
| Volume/sequential designation | 36 |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Two remarkable Iranian world-maps were discovered in 1989 and 1995. Both are made of brass and date from 17th-century Iran. Mecca is at the centre and a highly sophisticated longitude and latitude grid enables the user to determine the direction and distance to Mecca for anywhere in the world between Andalusia and China. Prior to the discovery of these maps it was thought that such cartographic grids were conceived in Europe ca. 1910. This richly-illustrated book presents an overview of the ways in which Muslims over the centuries have determined the sacred direction towards Mecca ( qibla ) and then describes the two world-maps in detail. The author shows that the geographical data derives from a 15th-century Central Asian source and that the mathematics underlying the grid was developed in 9th-century Baghdad. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on print version record. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Cartography |
| Geographic subdivision | Iran |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | 17th century. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Mathematical geography |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | 17th century. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Qiblah. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Science |
| Geographic subdivision | Islamic Empire |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Title | World-maps for Finding the Direction and Distance to Mecca : Innovation and Tradition in Islamic Science. |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 1999 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789004113671 |
| Record control number | (DLC) 99032292 |
| -- | (OCoLC)41431694 |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies ; |
| Volume/sequential designation | 36. |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Public note | DOI: |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004450738">http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004450738</a> |
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