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Seb Falk

May 10, 202016 min read

How to read a medieval astronomical calendar

What do all those columns of letters and numbers mean? This post explains how to make sense of all the information.

Seb Falk

Jul 13, 20151 min read

Geoffrey Chaucer’s Inspirational Astronomy

OK, so I missed Andy Murray’s Wimbledon semi-final. And I missed seeing England hammer the Aussies in Cardiff. But I didn’t care. ...

Seb Falk

May 29, 20151 min read

The vernacular in medieval astronomy – at Kalamazoo

I recently returned from the International Congress on Medieval Studies. It’s held every year at the University of Western Michigan in...

Seb Falk

Jun 20, 20134 min read

How to cast a medieval horoscope

I wrote this post for the blog of the 24th International Congress of History of Science, Technology and Medicine (iCHSTM), which takes...