Arabic in the Sciences
The Toledan Tables
زيج طليطلة
The Toledan Tables – tables for finding the positions of the planets and the time – were compiled by the astronomers of al-Andalus, al-Zarqali among them, and served as Europe's standard astronomical tables for about a century.
- Author
- The Toledo astronomers under Sa'id al-Andalusi, with al-Zarqali (Azarquiel) prominent among them (al-Zarqali d. 1100)
- Field
- Astronomy
- Arabic title
- الزِّيجُ الطُّليطليّ (الأصل العربيّ مفقود) – مع صفيحة الزرقاليّ
- Latin title
- Tabulae Toletanae (Toledan Tables); the instrument: Saphea Arzachelis
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