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Books/Pamphlets:
Antoniadi. Eugène. (1934; Reprinted 2003). L'Astronomie Egyptienne. [Note: Based on (late) Greek texts and somewhat unreliable, especially regarding the identification of Egyptian constellations. An English-language translation by (Sir) Patrick Moore (his full name is Alfred Patrick Caldwell-Moore) remains unpublished. See the Correspondence in The Observatory "Egyptian Astronomy" comprising a letter by Eugène Antoniadi (Volume 63, 1940, Pages 13-14), and a reply by Herbert Chatley (Volume 63, 1940, Pages 14-15). See the (English-language) biographical entry by Giorgio Abetti in Dictionary of Scientific Biography, edited by Charles Gillispie, Volume 1, Page 17; and the "Historical Note" by Reginald Marriott in Journal of the British Astronomical Association, Volume 101, Number 3, June, 1991, Page 195. Life dates: 1870-1944.]
Belmonte Avilés, Juan. (2003). "The Ramesside star clocks and the ancient Egyptian constellations." In: Blomberg, Mary., Blomberg, Peter., and Henriksson, Göran. (Editors). Calendars, Symbols, and Orientations: Legacies of Astronomy in Culture. (Pages 57-65). [Note: Proceedings of the 9th annual meeting of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture (SEAC), Stockholm, 27-30 August 2001. The author is a Spanish astronomer at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias. He is currently (2004) engaged in a long-term archaeoastronomy project in Egypt in collaboration with Egyptian scholars. The author chooses to write his name as either Juan Antonio Belmonte or Juan Antonio Belmonte Avilés. In Spain naming conventions are quite different to those in non-Spanish-speaking countries. A Spanish name typically consists of four parts: a first given name, a second given name, the father's surname, and the mother's surname. (It is due to Arabic influence that a Spanish person typically has two surnames (i.e., two family names).) The first surname, which is the father's surname (i.e., family name), gained from his father, is primary; and the second surname, which is the mother's surname (i.e., family name), gained from her father, is subordinate. (Thus the two surnames are formed by the first part of the father's surname and the first part of the mother's surname.) Spanish names are therefore indexed by the father's surname. The author chooses to variously use Belmonte (one surname) and Belmonte Avilés (two surnames).]
Belmonte Avilés, Juan. (2003). "A Celestial Map of the Ancient Egyptian Firmament." In: BAR International Series. (1154, Pages 31-36). [Note: Paper presented at the European Association of Archaeologists eighth annual meeting, in Thessaloniki, 2002. BAR = British Archaeological Reports. Attempts a reconstruction of the Egyptian constellations and their locations in the sky.]
Blomberg, Peter. (2003). "The Early Hellenic Sky Map reconstructed from Archæoastronomical and Textual Studies." In: BAR International Series, 1154, Pages 71-76. [Note: Paper presented at the European Association of Archaeologists eighth annual meeting, in Thessaloniki, 2002. BAR = British Archaeological Reports. The author includes: "A Comment of the Author on Bradley Schaefer's Recent Paper in JHA, 33, 2002, 313-350." which fails as a critical comment.]
Bradshaw, Joseph. (1990). The Imperishable Stars of the Northern Sky in the Pyramid Texts. [Note: The 38-page pamphlet was privately printed and published by the author. See the (English-language) book review by J[?]. Griffiths in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Volume 80, 1994, Pages 231-232.]
Bradshaw, Joseph. (1997). The Night Sky in Egyptian Mythology. [Note: The 182-page book was privately printed and published by the author. The author holds that the Egyptians believed the circumpolar region of the sky (holding stars that never disappeared from the sky) was the holiest region of the heavens. See the (English-language) book review by Vincent Tobin in Bibliotheca Orientalis, Volume 55, 1998, Pages 400-404.]
Brugsch, Heinrich. (1883; republished 1968). Thesaurus Inscriptionum Aegyptiacarum. (Volume 1). [Note: The volume basically deals with astronomical inscriptions and iconography. The author was a pioneer of the discipline of Egyptology and the leading 19th-century German Egyptologist. Life dates: 1827-1894. Volume 2 of "Thesaurus Inscriptionum Aegyptiacarum" was published in 1891 (and republished in 1968) and deals with calendars.]
Brugsch, Heinrich. (1978). Astronomical and Astrological Inscriptions on Ancient Egyptian Monuments. [Note: The book is a translation by George Chamberlain of "Thesaurus Inscriptionum Aegyptiacarum," (Volume 1, 1883), by Heinrich Brugsch. The translation was originally published as a series of 18 articles (from April 1978 through January 1980) in the monthly journal the Griffith Observer (published by the Griffith Observatory). As the title indicates the book does not deal with issues of astronomical alignments in monumental architecture. Volume 2 of "Thesaurus Inscriptionum Aegyptiacarum" deals with calendars (and has never been translated into English).]
Budge, Ernest. (1904, Reprinted 1969). The Gods of the Egyptians. (2 Volumes). [Note: Unreliable regarding the identification of Egyptian decans. Ernest Budge was a leading Egyptologist and Keeper of the Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities in the British Museum. Life dates: 1857-1934.]
Campion, Nicholas. (2008). The Dawn of Astrology: A Cultural history of Western Astrology. Volume 1: The Ancient and Classical Worlds. [Note: See: 7. The Stars and the Soul. Pages 99-108.]
Cauville, Sylvie. (1997). Le zodiaque d'Osiris. [Note: The author is a noted French Egyptologist. In this 81-page booklet (published in Belgium) she gives a popular explanatory overview of the Denderah zodiac.]
Clagett, Marshall. (1995). Ancient Egyptian Science. Volume II. Calendars, Clocks, and Astronomy. [Note: See the (English-language) book reviews by James Allen in Isis, Volume 87, Number 2, June, 1996, Pages 343-344; by Anthony Spalinger in Bibliotheca Orientalis, Volume 54, 1997, Pages 677-684; and by Leo Depuydt in Journal of the American Oriental Society, Volume 118, Number 1, 1998, Pages 75-76. See the obituary by by John Murdoch in Aestimatio, Volume 3, 2006, 18 December, Pages 14-18. Life dates: 1916-2005.]
Daressy, Georges. (1915). "L'Egypte Céleste." (Bulletin de L'Institut français d'archéologie orientale du Caire, numéro 12, Pages 1-34). [Note: A discussion of late Egyptian celestial geography. For a short English-language discussion of the article see "Egyptian Astronomy and the Zodiac," by Joseph Clifford (Nature, Volume XCVIII, September 1916 to February 1917, Number 2445, September 7, Pages 7-8).]
Gensler, Friedrich. (1872). Die Thebanischen Tafeln Stündlicher Sternaufgänge. [Note: Approximately 100 pages.]
Giedion, Sigfried. (1964; Reprinted 1981). The Eternal Present: The Beginnings of Architecture. [Note: Includes a brief discussion of Egyptian constellations and astral concepts. See the (English-language) book review by André Leroi-Gourhan in American Anthropologist, Volume 65, 1963, Pages 1180-1181.]
Gillispie, Charles. and Dewachter, Michel. (1987). (Editors). The Monuments of Egypt: The Napoleonic Edition. [Note: Contains many illustrations (made during the period of Napoleon's Egyptian expedition) of astronomical ceilings involving constellations, stars, and late zodiacs.]
Gundel, Wilhelm. (1936; Reprinted 1969). Dekane und Dekansternbilder ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Sternbilder der Kulturvölker. [Note: Largely concerned with late astrological texts. See the (German-language) book review by Willy Hartner in Isis, Volume XXVII, Number 2, August, 1937, Pages 344-348; and the (English-language) book reviews by D. W. T. in Nature, Volume 140, October 23, 1937, Pages 701-702; and by John Griffiths in The Classical Review, New Series, Volume 21, Number 2, June, 1971, Pages 306-307.]
Hawass, Zari. (2006). The Royal Tombs of Egypt. [Note: Contains an excellent chapter, with superb colour photographs, on the astronomical ceilings and walls of Seti I, etc. The author is a prominent Egyptian archaeologist.]
Kelley, David. and Milone, Gene. (2005). Exploring Ancient Skies: An Encyclopedic Survey of Astronomy. [Note: See the sections "The Calendars," Pages 263-267; and "Egyptian Asterisms," Pages 269-271.]
Krauss, Rolf. (1997). Astronomische Konzepte und Jenseitsvorstellungen in den Pyramidentexten. [Note: See the (English-language) book review by Kurt Locher in Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 30, 1999, Pages 75-76.]
Krupp, Ed. (1977; 1984). "Astronomers, Pyramids, and Priests." In: Krupp, Ed. (Editor). In Search of Ancient Astronomies. (Pages 203-239 (1977 edition); Pages 186-218 (1984 edition)). [Note: The paper is Chapter 5.]
Leitz, Christian. (1991). Studien zur Ägyptischen Astronomie. [Note: An attempt to rebut Otto Neugebauer's remarks concerning the absence of a scientific astronomy in Egypt. See the critical (English-language) book review by Anthony Spalinger in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, Siebenundachtzigster Jahrgang, Number 1, Columns 23-26.]
Leitz, Christian. (1995). Altägyptische Sternuhren. [Note: The author is a PhD. A rather controversial (eccentric) study of Egyptian decans/constellations. Contains 4 folded star charts. See the (German-language) book review by Jürgen von Beckerath in Orientalia, Volume 66, 1997, Pages 99-102; and the (English-language) book review by Leo Depuydt in Bibliotheca Orientalis, Volume 55, 1998, Pages 5-44.]
von Lieven, Alexandra. (2000). Der Himmel über Esna. Eine Fallstudie zur Religiösen Astronomie in Ägypten am Beispiel der kosmologischen Decken- und Architravinschriften im Tempel von Esna. [Note: The book is a study of later Egyptian cosmology and religious astronomy based on an examination of the hieroglyphs and artworks of the Roman-Egyptian temple of Esna. The author is an Egyptologist.]
von Lieven, Alexandra. (2007). Grundis des Laufes der Sterne. [Note: The book contains a complete re-edition and translation and study of the "Book of Nut" (the more accurate Egyptian title is "Fundamentals of the Course of the Stars"). The focus is on the hitherto neglected religious aspects of the text. The standard edition appeared in Egyptian Astronomical Texts, Volume 1. by Otto Neugebauer and Richard Parker (1960).]
Locher, Kurt. (1992-1993). "New arguments for the celestial location of the decanal belt and for the origin of the s3h-hieroglyph." In: Congresso internazionale di egittologia. (Editor). Atti di sesto congresso internazionale di egittologia. (2 Volumes). [Note: See Volume 2 pages 279-284.]
Locher, Kurt. (2003). "The Archetypal Symbolism of the Most Ancient Constellations: A Comparison Egypt/China." In: BAR International Series. (1154, Pages 3-6). [Note: Paper presented at the European Association of Archaeologists eighth annual meeting, in Thessaloniki, 2002. BAR = British Archaeological Reports. The author has published numerous quality papers on the identification of Egyptian constellations.]
Locher, Kurt. (2003). "The Decans of Ancient Egypt: Timekeepers for Worship, or Worshiped Beyond Time." In: Fountain, John. and Sinclair, Rolf. (Editors). Current Studies in Archaeoastronomy: Conversations Across Time and Space. (Pages 429-434). [Note: Selected papers from the 5th Oxford international conference on archaeoastronomy held at Santa Fe in 1996.]
Lockyer, Joseph. (1894; Reprinted 1964). The Dawn of Astronomy. [Note: Unreliable. See the (English-language) book reviews by M. W. H. in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume VI, 1894, Pages 126-132 (Reproduced from the New York Sun, March 11, 1894); by Robert Brown Junior, in The Academy, March 31, 1894, Number 1143, Pages 271-272; and by Allen Marquand in American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts, Volume 9, Number 1, January-March, 1894, Pages 68-70. See also the "Preface to this Edition" by Giorgio de Santillana in the 1964 reprint, pages vii-ix. Life dates: 1836-1920.]
Lull, José. (2004). La Astronomía del Antiguo Egipto. [Note: Excellent Spanish-language book on Egyptian astronomy. See the (English-language) book review by Juan Belmonte in Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 37, Part 3, August, 2006, Number 128, Pages 356-359.]
Maravelia, Amanda-Alice. (2003). "Illumination of the Sacrarium in the Great Temple at Abu Simbel, its Astronomical Explanation, and some Hints on the Possible Stellar Orientation of the Small Temple." In: BAR International Series. (1154, Pages 7-29). [Note: Paper presented at the European Association of Archaeologists eighth annual meeting, in Thessaloniki, 2002. BAR = British Archaeological Reports. The author is an Egyptologist and has published some six papers on aspects of Egyptian astronomy.]
Neugebauer, Otto. (1943). "Demotic Horoscopes." (Journal of the American Oriental Society, Volume 63, Pages 115-126 + 2 Plates). [Note: Contains some discussion of certain Greek and Roman constellations.]
Neugebauer, Otto. (1951; 2nd edition 1957, 1969). The Exact Sciences in Antiquity. [Note: Contains an excellent explanation of the Egyptian system of decan stars.]
Neugebauer, Otto. and Parker, Richard. (1960-1969). Egyptian Astronomical Texts. (3 Volumes [plus a volume of plates accompany the text of volume 3]). [Note: A monumental study and likely to remain the standard work. The definitive reference for diagonal star clocks. Does not deal with issues of astronomical alignments in monumental architecture, or astral themes in mythology. For Volume 1: See the (English-language) book reviews by Olaf Schmidt in Centaurus, Volume 9, 1963-1964, Pages 57-60; C[?]. Spaull in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Volume 48, 1962, Pages 166-168; by Evert Bruins in Isis, Volume 53, 1962, Pages 523-525; by Asger Aaboe in Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume XVII, 1962, Pages 204-205; and the (German-language) book reviews by Siegfried Schott in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, Siebenundfünfzigster Jahrgang, 1962, Nummer 11/12, Columns 592-598; and by Kurt Vogel in Archiv für Orientforschung, Einundzwanzigster Band, 1966, Pages 109-111. For Volume 2: See the (English-language) book reviews by C[?]. Spaull in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Volume 51, 1965, Pages 217-218; by David Pingree in Isis, Volume 57, 1966, Pages 136-137; and the (German-language) book reviews by Erich Lüddeckens in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, Band 116, 1966, Pages 181-182; by Kurt Vogel in Archiv für Orientforschung, Einundzwanzigster Band, 1966, Pages 109-111; and Siegfried Schott in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, Volume 62, 1967, Nummer 5/6, Columns 244-247. For Volume 3: See the (English-language) book reviews by C[?]. Spaull in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Volume 57, 1971, Pages 215-217; by Asger Aaboe in Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume XVII, 1962, Pages 106-107; by Owen Gingerich in Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 3, 1972, Page 217; and the (German-language) book review by Philippe Derchain in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, Volume 66, 1971, Nummer 1/2, Columns 22-24. Otto Neugebauer (1899-1990) was a pioneer of studies of ancient mathematical astronomy. For 30 years he was Professor of the History of Mathematics at Brown University. See the Eloge by David Pingree in Isis, Volume 82, Number 1, 1991, Pages 87-88; and the biographical entry by Lewis Pyenson in American National Biography, General editors, John Garraty and Mark Carnes, Volume 16, 1999, Pages 302-303. Richard Parker headed the Department of Egyptology at Brown University from 1949-1972.]
Parker, Richard. (1974). "Ancient Egyptian Astronomy." In: Hodson, Frank. (Editor). The Place of Astronomy in the Ancient World. (Pages 51-65). [Note: The papers comprising the volume originated from a joint symposium on ancient astronomy held by The Royal Society and The British Academy. They were also published in the "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London," Volume 276 A, Number 1257. See the (English-language) books reviews by Colin Renfrew in Archaeology, Volume 26, Number 1, January, 1973, Pages 222-223; and by A[lexis?]. Brookes in The Classical Review, New Series Volume XXVII, (Volume XCI of the Continuous Series), 1977, Pages 95-96.]
Petrie, William. (1940). Wisdom of the Egyptians. [Note: The discussion of Egyptian constellations is not reliable. The charts of Egyptian constellations are interesting.]
Schott, Siegfried. (1936). "Die Altägyptischen Dekane." In: Gundel, Wilhelm. (1936; Reprinted 1969). Dekane und Dekansternbilder ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Sternbilder der Kulturvölker. (Pages 1-26). [Note: The essay, which is included as "Erster Teil," has been criticized for its lapses.]
Symons, Sarah. (2007). "A Star's Year: The Annual Cycle in the Ancient Egyptian Sky." In: Steele, John. (Editor). Calendar and Years: Astronomy and Time in the Ancient Near East. (Pages 1-33). [Note: Discusses the decans in the diagonal star calendars. The author is an Egyptologist.]
van der Waerden, Bartel. (1974). Science Awakening II: The Birth of Astronomy. [Note: Contains a brief discussion of Egyptian decans/constellations based largely on Egyptian Astronomical Texts (3 Volumes, 1960-1969) by Otto Neugebauer and Richard Parker.]
von Bomhard, Anne-Sophie. (1999). The Egyptian Calendar: A Work for Eternity. [Note: An excellent book which includes frequent discussions of the decans. See the book review by Kurt Locher in Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 31, Part 4, 2000, Page 349.]
Waitkus, Wolfgang. (2003). "Zur möglichen Identifizierung einer weiteren Konstellation des nördlichen altägyptischen Sternhimmels." In: Kloth, Nicole. et al. (Editors). Es werde niedergelegt als Schriftstück: Festschrift für Hartwig Altenmüller. (Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur, Beiheft 9, Pages 453-470). [Note: Brought to my attention by Donald Etz.]
Articles/Entries:
Allen, David. (1977). "An Astronomer's Impression of Ancient Egyptian Constellations." (Sky and Telescope, Volume 54, Pages 15-19). [Note: The author was a permanent staff astronomer at the Anglo-Australian observatory. Life dates: ?-1994.]
Anonymous. (1937). "The Circular Zodiac of Denderah." (Griffith Observer, October).
Aubourg, Éric. (1995). "La date de conception du zodiaque du temple d'Hathor à Dendérah." (Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale du Caire, numéro 95, Pages 1-10). [Note: The author is a French astrophysicist with a passion for Egyptian archaeoastronomy.]
Barta, Winfried. (1980). "Funktion und Lokalisierung der Zirkumpolarsterne in den Pyramidentexten." (Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde, Band 107, Heft 1, Pages 1-4).
Barthel, Thomas. (1968). "Götter, Sterne, Pyramiden." (Paideuma, Volume 14, Pages 45-92). [Note: The journal is not to be confused with the journal of the same name issued by the University of Maine and devoted to Ezra Pond scholarship.]
B[?], L[?]. (1923). "An Ancient Egyptian Astronomical Ceiling-Decoration." (Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume XVIII, December, Number 12, Pages 283-286).
Belmonte, Juan. (2002). "The Decans and the Ancient Egyptian Skylore: An Astronomical Approach." (Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana, Volume 73 (Special Volume 1), Pages ?-?). [Note: Brought to my attention my Donald Etz. The pages given for the article were 43-57. However, Laurence Crossen informs me that pages 43-57 is incorrect for the article. Originally presented as a keynote presentation (January 2nd, 2001) at "The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena III" Conference, 31st December 2000 - 6th January 2001, Palermo, Sicily.]
Böker, Robert. (1984). "Über Namen und Identifizierung der ägyptischen Dekane."(Centaurus, Volume 27, Pages 189-217).
Buchwald, Jed. (2003). "Egyptian Stars Under Paris Skies." (Engineering & Science, Volume LXVI, Number 4, Pages 20-31). [Note: Excellent detailed account of the French discovery of the Denderah zodia, its removal to France, and the controversy of its astronomical dating. The author is a noted historian of science.]
Chatley, Herbert. (1939). "Notes on Ancient Egyptian Astronomy." (The Observatory, Volume 62, Number 779, Pages 100-104). [Note: Herbert Chatley, DSc, was a British historian (of science). Life dates: 1895-1947.]
Chatley, Herbert. (1940). "Sirius and the Constellation of the Bow." (Nature, Volume 145, 27 April, Page 670). [Note: A short study of Sirius and the constellation of the bow in Babylonia, China, and Egypt.]
Chatley, Herbert. (1940). "The lunar mansions in Egypt." (Isis, Volume XXXI, Number 2, April, Pages 394-397). [Note: The author finds no evidence for a system of 28 "lunar mansions" in ancient Egypt.]
Chatley, Herbert. (1940). "The Egyptian Celestial Diagram." (The Observatory, Volume 63, Number 790, Pages 68-72).
Chatley, Herbert. (1940). "Egyptian Astronomy." (The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Volume 26, Pages 120-126). [Note: A discussion of Egyptian constellations.]
Chatley, Herbert. (1943). "Ancient Egyptian Star Tables and the Decans." (The Observatory, Volume 65, Number 817, Pages 121-125). [Note: See also the Correspondence in The Observatory "Ancient Egyptian Star Tables and the Decans." comprising a letter by Herbert Chatley (Volume 65, 1944, Pages 144-145), and a letter reply by Duncan MacNaughton (Volume 65, 1944, Pages 145-146), and a reply by Herbert Chatley (Volume 65, 1944, Page 146).]
Christiansen, H[?]. (1992). "Decanal Star Tables for Lunar Houses in Egypt?" (Centaurus, Volume 35, Pages 1-27).
Conman, Joanne. (2003). "It's About Time: Ancient Egyptian Cosmology." (Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur, Band 31, Pages 33-71). [Note: An extensive study of the Egyptian decan system by a competent amateur Egyptologist who rejects Otto Neugebauer's ideas on such.]
Conman, Joanne. (2007). "Speculation on Special Sunlight and the Origin of the wSAw hour." (Apuntes de Egiptologia, Number 3, Pages ?-?). [Note: Originally a paper presented by the author at the American Research Centre in Egypt Conference in Boston, April, 2005.]
Daressy, Georges. (1900). "Une ancienne liste des décans égyptiens." (Annales du service des antiquités de l'Égypte, Volume 1, Pages 79-90). [Note: The first attempt to interpret the diagonal star clock/astronomical decoration on the inner surface of the lid of the coffin of Msahiti (IXth or Xth dynasty). Georges Daressy was a French Egyptologist. Life dates: 1864-1938.]
Degreef, John. (2001). "Three Archaic Egyptian Constellations used as Seasonal Markers." (?). [Note: I have only sighted this article on the internet and have no publication details. It would appear that the author is an archaeologist (and amateur Egyptologist?). The ideas in the article would appear to be based on the acceptance of the (erroneous) ideas presented in Willy Hartner's 1965 article "The Earliest Constellations ...." It would appear that the same author translated from German the 1865 publication by Richard Lepsius "The Ancient Egyptian Cubit and Its Subdivision." It is published by The Museum Bookshop (specialising in ancient near eastern archaeology) which has no connection with the The British Museum. John Degreef, PhD, lives in Liège, Belgium.]
Desroches-Nobelcourt, Christiane. (1993). "Le Zodiaque de Pharaon." (Archéologia, Number 292, July, Pages 20-45). [Note: The publication is a French Revue. The author of the article is a French Egyptologist and considered to be an outstanding authority on ancient Egypt.]
Eisler, Robert. (1935). "Das Astrologische Bilderbuch." (Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, Volume XXXVIII, 1935, Number 11, Columns 665-667.) [Note: The author argues for the Babylonian origin of the Egyptian constellation the "Bull's Leg."]
Eisler, Robert. and Chatley, Herbert (1941). "Egyptian Astronomy: Letters from Dr. Eisler and Dr. Chatley." (The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Volume 27, Pages 149-152). [Note: A discussion of Babylonian and Greek influences on Egyptian zodiacs.]
Etz, Donald. (1997). "A New Look at the Constellation Figures in the Celestial Diagram." (Journal of the American Research Centre in Egypt, Volume XXXIV, Pages 143-161). [Note: The speculations of a science writer. The constellation identifications are unreliable.]
Gingerich, Owen. (1983). "Ancient Egyptian Sky Magic." (Sky and Telescope, Volume 65, Number 5, May, Pages 418-420).
Hardy, Patty. (2002-2003). "The Cairo Calendar as a Stellar Almanac." (Archaeoastronomy: The Journal of Astronomy in Culture, Volume XVII, Pages 48-63). [Note: A discussion of many of the stars, asterisms, and constellations in Book II of the Cairo Calendar by an amateur astronomer.]
Hornung, Erik. (1975). "Zur Bedeutung der Ägyptischen Dekangestirne." (Goettinger Miszellen, Heft 17, Pages 35-37). [Note: Brief discussion of the beliefs behind the decoration of the ceilings of the royal tombs of the New Kingdom period with star clocks and other astral motifs.]
Kapar, Olaf. (1995). "The astronomical ceiling of Deir el-Haggar in the Dakhlen Oasis." (Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Volume 81, Pages 175-195). [Note: I appreciate Donald Etz pointing out my slip of writing Volume 31.]
Krupp, Ed. (2000). "From Here to Eternity." (Sky and Telescope, Volume 99, Number 2, February, Pages 87-89).
Krupp, Ed. (2001). "The Sphinx Blinks." (Sky and Telescope, Volume 101, Number 3, March, Pages 86-88).
Krupp, Ed. (2001). "Unlimited Ceiling." (Sky and Telescope, Volume 102, Number 4, October, Pages 86-88).
Lee, Virginia. (1985). "Identifying Ancient Egyptian Constellations." (Archaeoastronomy, Number 9, Pages S102-S104; Supplement to the Journal of the History of Astronomy, Volume 16).
Leitz, Christian. (2002). "Remarks about the Appearance of Mars in the Tomb of Senemut in Western Thebes." (Centaurus, Volume 44, Pages 140-142). [Note: A short and decisive demolition of the article "Dating the Oldest Egyptian Star Map." by Ove von Spaeth in Centaurus, Volume 42, 2000, Pages 159-179.]
von Lieven, Alexandra. (2000). "Die dritte Reihe der Dekane oder Tradition und Innovation in der spätägypttischen Religion." (Archiv für Religionsgeschichte, Band 2, Pages 21-36).
von Lieven, Alexandra. (2001). "Der Himmel über Esna - Nachtrag zu Esna 451." (Goettinger Miszellen, Heft 184, Pages 111-112).
Locher, Kurt, (1981). "A conjecture concerning the early Egyptian constellation of the Sheep." (Archaeoastronomy, Number 3, Pages S73-S75; Supplement to the Journal of the History of Astronomy, Volume 12). [Note: The author is a Swiss physics lecturer and astronomer. His work (and also Virginia Lee's) on the identification of Egyptian constellations is important.]
Locher, Kurt. (1983). "A further coffin lid with a diagonal star clock from the Egyptian Middle Kingdom." (Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume XIV, Pages 141-144).
Locher, Kurt. (1985). "Probable Identification of the Ancient Egyptian Circumpolar Constellations." (Archaeoastronomy, Number 9, Pages S152-S153; Supplement to the Journal of the History of Astronomy, Volume 16).
Locher, Kurt. (1990). "The Ancient Egyptian Constellation Group 'The Lion Between Two Crocodiles' and the Bird." (Archaeoastronomy, Number 15, Pages S49-S51; Supplement to the Journal of the History of Astronomy, Volume 21).
Locher, Kurt. (1983). "Two further coffin lids with diagonal star clocks from the Egyptian Middle Kingdom." (Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume XXIII, Pages 201-207).
Lockyer, Joseph. (1891). "On some points in ancient Egyptian astronomy. I." (Nature, Volume 45, Number 1161, January 28, Pages 296-299).
Lockyer, Joseph. (1892). "On some points in ancient Egyptian astronomy. II." (Nature, Volume 45, Number 1164, February 18, Pages 373-375).
Lockyer, Joseph. (1892). "The Astronomy and Mythology of the Ancient Egyptians." (The Nineteenth Century, Volume XXXII, July-December, Pages 29-51).
Lockyer, Joseph. (1893). "The astronomical history of On and Thebes. I." (Nature, Volume 48, Number 1240, August 3, Pages 318-320).
Lockyer, Joseph. (1893). "The astronomical history of On and Thebes. II." (Nature, Volume 48, Number 1242, August 17, Pages 371-372).
Lull, José. and Belmonte, Juan Antonio. (2006). "A Firmament Above Thebes: Uncovering the Constellations of Ancient Egyptians." (Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 37, Part 4, Number 129, Pages 373-392). [Note: An attempt to identify the decan stars. Kindly brought to my attention by Gordon Uber.]
Maravelia, Amanda-Alice. (2003). "Cosmic Space and Archetypal Time: Depictions of the Sky-Goddess Nut in Three Royal Tombs of the New Kingdom and her Relation to the Milky Way." (Goettinger Miszellen, Heft 197, Pages 55-72).
Müller, Max. (1903). "Zur Geschichte der Tierkreisbilder in Ägypten." (Orientalistische Litteratur-zeitung, Volume 7, Number 1, Columns 8-9).
Nagy, I[?]. (1977). "Remarques sur Quelques Formules Stellaires des Textes Religieux d'Epoque Saïte." (Studia Aegyptiaca, Volume III, Pages 99-117).
Neugebauer, Otto. (1955). "The Egyptian "Decans." (Vistas in Astronomy, Volume 1, Pages 47-51).
Offord, Joseph. (1916). "Egyptian Astronomy and the Zodiac." (Nature, Volume 98, Number 2445, September 7, Pages 7-8).
Parker, Richard. (1978). "Egyptian Astronomy, Astrology, and Calendrical Reckoning." In: Gillespie, Charles. (Editor in Chief). Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Volume XV. Supplement I. (Pages 706-727).
Pierce, Donna. (2005). "Egypt by the Stars." (The Great Western Observer, Volume IV, Number 1, Winter, Pages 20-22). [Note: Unreliable.]
Pogo, Alexander. (1930). "The Astronomical Ceiling-decoration in the Tomb of Semut." (Isis, Volume XIV, Pages 301-325). [Note: Alexander Pogo was a Russian emigre to the USA. He was a professional astronomer and historian of astronomy. In 1928 he was awarded a Degree in Astronomy from the University of Chicago and joined the Yerkes Observatory. In 1929 he was appointed Fellow in the History of Science by the Carnegie Institution and this led to him working at Harvard University (beginning 1930?). At least by the mid-1950s he was working as an astronomer at the Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories. For several decades he was the (associate) editor for the astronomy section of the journal Isis. Life dates: 1893-19??.]
Pogo, Alexander. (1931). "Zur Problem der Identifikation der nördlichen Sternbilder der alten Aegter."(Isis, Volume XVI, Pages 102-114).
Pogo, Alexander. (1932). "The Astronomical Inscriptions on the Coffins of Heny." (Isis, Volume XVIII, Pages 7-13).
Pogo, Alexander. (1936). "Three unpublished calendars from Asyut." (Osiris, Volume I, Pages 500-509).
Relke, Joan. and Ernest, Allan. (2002-2003). "Ancient Egyptian Astronomy: Ursa Major - Symbol of Rejuvenation." (Archaeoastronomy: The Journal of Astronomy in Culture, Volume XVII, Pages 64-80). [The authors acknowledge the speculative nature of their interesting essay.]
Le Page Renouf, Peter. (1874). "Calendar of Astronomical Observations Found in Royal Tombs of the XXth Dynasty." (Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, Volume 3, Pages 400-421). [Note: An early paper on the Ramesside star clocks (i.e., transit decan system). The author was an Egyptologist and philologist. Life dates: 1822-1897.]
Roeder, Günther. (1928). "Eine neue Darstellung des gestirnten Himmels in Ägypten." (Das Weltall, Volume 28, Pages 1-?).
von Spaeth, Ove. (2000). "Dating the Oldest Egyptian Star Map." (Centaurus, Volume 42, Pages 159-179). [Note: A controversial interpretation of the Senmut star map. The Danish author, who describes himself as an "independent scholar," seeks to accomplish considerable chronological revision (as part of his re-interpretation of the biblical figure of Moses). A number of critics on the Hastro-L (History of Astronomy) discussion list (January, 2002) have shown his astronomical interpretation of Senmut's star map to be seriously flawed. Christian Leitz in his 2002 article in Centaurus decisively critiqued this paper.]
Spiegelberg, Wilhelm. (1902). "Ein ägyptisches Verzeichnis der Planeten und Tierkreisbilder." (Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, Band 5, Columns 6-9).
Symons, Sarah. (2002). "Two Fragments of Diagonal Star Clocks in the British Museum." (Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 33, Pages 255-260).
Wainwright, Gerald. (1936). "Orion and the Great Star." (The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Volume XXII, Pages 45-46).
Waldron, Richard. (1973). "The Kingdom of Amon-Re: The Egyptian Sky, 3,000-300 B.C." (Griffith Observer, June).
Wernick, Nicolas. (2008). "Timekeeping in Ancient Egypt." (Ancient Egypt, Volume 9, Number 3, Issue 51, December 2008/January 2009, Pages 29-32). [Note: Excellent article that includes a brief discussion of the star clocks.]
Zinner, Ernst. (1931). "Die Sternbilder der alten Aegypter." (Isis, Volume XVI, Pages 92-101).
Books/Pamphlets:
Bischoff, Erich. (1907; Reprinted 1998). Babylonisch-astrales im Weltbilde des Thalmud und Midrasch. [Note: Unreliable. Based on the Panbabylonist ideas of Alfred Jeremias. Life dates: 1865-1936.]
Brodetsky, Selig. (1979). Astronomy in the Babylonian Talmud. [Note: The pamphlet is comprised of two journal articles.]
Grimme, Hubert. (1907). Das israelitische Pfingstfest und der Plejadenkult. [Note: The author was strongly influenced by the ideas of Panbabylonism.]
Maunder, Edward. (1908). The Astronomy of the Bible. [Note: Needs to be used with some caution. Contains a supportive discussion (Book II, Chapter I, Pages 149-161) of the flawed "void zone" theory of constellation origins. Edward Maunder (1851-1928) was a sun-spot specialist at the Royal Greenwich Observatory. (This title for the observatory first came into use in 1948.) Edward Maunder had no formal qualification as an astronomer. (Prior to gaining his appointment as Assistant at the Royal Observatory he had worked in a bank in London.) His position of Assistant at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich was a position within the British Civil Service and gained through passing the entry examination. The increase in the number of staff was due to the expansion of the observatory's role in physical astronomy and also it being affected by the greater influence of wider civil service procedures. The vacancy for a photographic and spectroscopic assistant which Edward Maunder filled involved photographing sunspots and measuring their areas and positions. (He was also an evangelical Methodist and lay preacher.) See the (English-language) biographical entry by Deborah Warner in Dictionary of Scientific Biography, edited by Charles Gillispie, Volume IX, Pages 183-185; and the (English-language) obituary by H.P.H. in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume LXXXIX, 1929, Pages 313-318.]
MacLean, Charles. (1929). Babylonian Astrology and the Old Testament. [Note: Based on the author's doctoral thesis.]
McKay, John. (1973). Religion in Judah under the Assyrians. [Note: In Chapter VI "Astral Beliefs in Judah and the Ancient World," the author capably discusses the issue of Assyrian astral beliefs in Judah circa 732-609 BCE. The book formed part of his doctorate thesis.]
Mowinckel, Sigmund. (1928). Die Sternnamen im Alten Testament. [Note: Probably the best study to date. The booklet is (described as an off-print, but more accurately is Supplement 5) from the theological journal Norsk Teologisk Tidsskrift, Volume 29, 1928. Sigmund Mowinckel is considered one of the most prominent Old Testament researchers of his time.]
Ness, Lester. (1999). Written in the Stars: Ancient Zodiac Mosaics. [Note: The book is based on the authors 1990 doctorate thesis "Astrology and Judaism in Late Antiquity."]
Schiaparelli, Giovanni. (1905). Astronomy in the Old Testament. [Note: A revised and corrected version of the author's lengthy Italian-language essay "L'Astronomia Nell' Antico Testamento" which was first published in 1903 (by Ulrico Hoepli: Milan). The book contains an extensive discussion of constellations and star names in the Old Testament. The author's discussion was not influenced by the ideas of Panbabylonism. See the (English-language) review by Anon of "Astronomy in the Old Testament," in Nature, Volume LXXIV, August 23, 1906, Pages 410-411. The author's original Italian-language essay also appears in Volume 1 (Pages 153-300) of "Scritti Sulla Storia della Astronomia Antica" (3 Volumes, 1925-1927; Reprinted 1997-1998). These volumes contain the collected Italian-language publications of the author on ancient astronomy, basically Babylonian, Greek, and Medieval. The essay "L'Astronomia Nell' Antico Testamento" was quickly translated into both German ("Die Astronomie im Alten Testament", translated and edited by the librarian Willy Lüdte (1904), who added additional notes); and English ("Astronomy in the Old Testament", by Anon (1905)), the latter of which included many corrections and additions by the author. (Spanish-language editions appeared in 1945 and 1969.) All of the author's publications on ancient astronomy remain valuable. Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835-1910) was an Italian astronomer. See the (French-language) book review in Revue Biblique, Nouvelle Série, Deuxième Année, Number 4, Octobre, 1905, Pages 634-635. See the (English-language) biographical entry by Giorgio Abetti in Dictionary of Scientific Biography, edited by Charles Gillispie, Volume XII, Pages 159-162; the (English-language) obituary by E.B.K. in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume LXXI, 1911, Pages 282-287; and the (English-language) obituary by Robert Aitken in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume XXII, 1910, Pages 164-165.]
Sukenik, Elezear. (1934). Ancient Synagogues in Palestine and Greece. [Note: Includes a discussion of the zodiac in the synagogue of Beth Alpha.]
Articles/Entries:
Blau, Ludwig. (1901-1906). "Orion." In: Singer, Isidore. (Managing Editor). The Jewish Encyclopedia. (12 Volumes).
Cheyne, Thomas. (1898). "Influence of Assyrian in Unexpected Places." (Journal of Biblical Literature, Volume 17, Number 1, Pages 103-107). [Note: Life dates: 1841-1915.]
Clarke, John. (1883). "Jacob's Zodiac." (The Hebrew Student, Volume 2, Numbers 5/6, January-February, Pages 155-158).
Clements, Ronald. (1974). "kôtāb." In: Botterweck, Gerhart., Ringgren, Helmer., and Fabry, Heinz-Josef. (Editors). Theological dictionary of the Old Testament: Volume VII. (Pages 75-85). [Note: A detailed and comprehensive article on astronomy in the Old Testament. Ronal Clements is a highly respected Old Testament scholar. currently (2004) he is Professor of Old Testament Emeritius at King's College in the University of London. He is an ordained Baptist minister. Life dates for Ronald Clements: 1929- .]
Clerke, Agnes. (1907). "Astronomy in the Bible." In: Herbermann, Charles. et al. (Editors). The Catholic Encyclopedia. (Volume 2).
Driver, Godfrey. (1953). "Two Astronomical Passages in the Old Testament." (Journal of Theological Studies, New Series, Volume 4, Pages 208-222).
Greenfield, J[?]. and Sokoloff, Michael. (1994) "An Astrological Text from Qumran (4Q318) and Reflections on some Zodiacal Names." (Revue de Qumran, Tome 16, Number 64, December, Pages 507-525).
Grund, Alexandra. (2002). "'Auf die ganze Erde geht ihre Messschnur aus' - Die Ordnung des Himmels in Ps 19,5a und der babylonische Sternenkatalog BM 78161." (Biblische Notizen, Volume 110, Pages 66-75).
Hachlili, Rachel. (1977). "The Zodiac in Ancient Jewish Art: Representation and Significance." (Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Number 228, December, Pages 61-77).
Hertz, N[?]. (1913). "The Astral Terms in Job IX 9, and XXXVIII 31-32." (The Journal of Theological Studies, [Old Series] Volume 14, Pages 575-577).
Hess, Jean. (1932). "Die Sternbilder in Hiob 9,9 and 38,31 f." In: [Menzel, Theodor. (Editor)?]. Festschrift, George Jacob zum siebzigsten Geburtstag, 26. Mai 1932. (Pages 94-99).
Hirsch, Emil. (1901-1906). "Constellations." In: Singer, Isidore. (Managing Editor). The Jewish Encyclopedia. (12 Volumes).
Jastow Junior, Morris., Jensen, Peter., Jastrow, Marcus., Blau, Ludwig., Gottheil, Richard., and Jacobs, Joseph. (1901-1906). "Astronomy." In: The Jewish Encyclopedia. (12 Volumes).
Lansing, John. (1885). "Pleiades, Orion and Mazzaroth, Job XXXVIII., 31,32." (Hebraica [= The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures], Volume 1, Number 4, April, Pages 236-242).
Maunder, Edward. (1915; Revised edition 1929, & 1979-1988). "Astronomy." In: Orr, James. (General editor). The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia. Volume 1. (Pages 300-316).
Milikowsky, Chaim. (1983). ""Kima" and the Flood in "Seder Olam" and B. T. Rosh Ha-Shana Stellar Time-Reckoning and Uranography in Rabbinic Literature." (Proceedings of the american academy for Jewish Research, Volume 50, 1983, Pages 105-132). [Note: The term Kima is generally identified as referring to the Pleiades.]
Pinches, Theophilus. (1906). "The Morning Star in the Gospels." (Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Volume 38, Pages ?-?).
Quainton, Cecil. (1926). "The Astronomy of the Bible." (The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Volume XX, Number 6, July-August, Whole Number 157, Pages 193-197).
Sidersky, David. (1931). "La Désignation Biblique de Certaines Constellations." (Journal Asiatique, Volume MDCCCCXXXI, Pages 354-356). [Note: David Sidersky was a [French?] Chemical Scientist whose hobby was ancient Oriental astronomy, mathematics, and chronology.]
Talbot, Henry. (1872). "On the Mazzaroth of Job xxxviii. 32." (Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, Volume 1, Pages 339-342).
Wolters, Al. (1993). "An Allusion to Libra in Daniel 5." In: Galter, Hannes. and Scholz, Bernhard. (Editors). Die Rolle der Astronomie in den Kulturen Mesopotamiens. (Pages 291-306).
Zatelli, Ida. (1991). "Astrology and the Worship of the Stars in in the Bible." (Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, Band 103, Pages 86-99).
Books/Pamphlets:
Boyce, Mary. (1975). The History of Zoroastrianism. [Note: This is Volume 1: The Early Period.]
MacKenzie, D[?]. (1992). "Constellations." In: Yarshater, Ehsan. (Editor). Encyclopaedia Iranica (Volume VI, Fascicle 2, Pages 147-150). [Note: The author holds a position at the Georg-August-Universität in Göttingen.]
Eilers, Wilhelm. (1967). "Stern-Planet-Regenbogen. Zur Nomenklatur der orientalischen Himmelskunde." In: Hoenerbach, Wilhelm. (Editor). Der Orient in der Forschung. Festschrift für Otto Spies. (Pages 92-146).
Henning, Walter (and other contributors). (1962). A Locust's Leg: Studies in Honour of S. H. Taqizadeh.
Hertel, Johannes. (1936). Der Planet Venus im Awesta.
Khareghat, M[?]. (1914). "The identity of some heavenly bodies mentioned in the Old Iranian writings." In: Modi, Jivanji. (Editor). Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Madressa Jubilee Volume. (Pages 116-158).
Panaino, Antonio. (1990). "Tistrya, Part 1: The Avestan hymn to Sirius." (Instituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, Roma [= Serie orientale Roma, Volume 68, Number 1]). [Note: A new translation of the Avestan hymn referencing his differences with previous translations. Approximately 150 pages. The authors two books on Tistrya earned him, in 1998, the "R. et T, Ghirsham" prize from the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres of Paris. Antonio Panaino is Full Professor of Iranian Studies at the "Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Ravenna."]
Panaino, Antonio. (1995). "Tistrya, Part 2: The Iranian myth of the star Sirius." (Instituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, Roma [= Serie orientale Roma, Volume 68, Number 2]). [Note: Supporting references for his translation of the Avestan hymn. Approximately 150 pages. Numerous astronomical references. See the (English-language) book review by Prods Skjærvø [Prods Oktor Skjaervo, an Iranian scholar] in Journal of the American Oriental Society, Volume 117, Number 1, January-March, 1995, Pages 215-216.]
Scherer, Anton. (1953). Gestirnnamen bei den Indogermanischen Völkern.
Articles/Entries:
Beck, Roger. (1999). "The astronomical design of Karakush, a royal burial site in ancient Commagene: an hypothesis." (Culture and Cosmos, Volume 3, Number 1, Pages 10-34). [Note: Proposes three astronomical alignments of columns with three constellations during June. The lion columns with Leo setting after sunset; the eagle columns with Aquila culminating around midnight; and the bull columns with Taurus rising before dawn.]
Duchesne-Guillemin, Jacques. (1986). "Origines iraniennes et babyloniennes de la nomenclature astrale." (Comptes-rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Volume 130, Issue 2, Pages 234-250). [Note: Excellent article.]
Filliozat, Jean. (1962). "Notes d'Astronomie Ancienne de l'Iran et de l'Inde (I, II et II)." (Journal Asiatique, Tome CCL, Pages 325-350). [Note: See pages 325-332: I. Sur les Constellations Mentionnés dans l'AVESTA.]
Filliozat, Jean. (1969). "Notes on Ancient Iranian and Indian Astronomy." (Journal of the K.R. Cama Oriental Research Institute, Volume 42, Pages 100-135).
Henning, Walter. (1942/43). "An Astronomical Chapter of the Bundahishn." (Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Pages 229-248). [Note: The author was an expert on ancient Iran.]
Maunder, Annie. (1912/1913). "The Zoroastrian Star-Champions." (The Observatory, Volume 35, November, Pages 393-396, & 438-443; Volume 36, April, Pages 136-141). [Note: Annie Russell (i.e., Annie Maunder) was the second wife of Edward Maunder. She graduated from Cambridge University (Girton College) in 1889 with a BA (Class II). (In 1889 she sat for the Mathematical Tripos and was placed forty-second, which was in the upper half of the Senior Optimes. She meet Edward Maunder whilst working as a "lady computer" at Greenwich Observatory. During the period of her employment there she was attached to the solar department which was under the direction of Edward Maunder. She also undertook night-time observing duties with the astrographic refractor. See the (English-language) obituary by P.J.M. in The Observatory, Volume 67, 1947, Pages 231-232.]
Maunder, Annie. (1916). "Iranian migrations before history." (Scientia, Volume 19, Pages 115-124). [Note: Needs to be used with caution.]
Maunder, Annie. (1931). "When the snow-white bull with the gilded horns ushers in the year." (Journal of the British Astronomical Association, Volume 41, Pages 127-133). [Note: Needs to be used with caution.]
Maunder, Annie. (1931). "The four star champions of Iran." (Journal of the British Astronomical Association, Volume 41, Pages 425-429). [Note: Needs to be used with caution.]
Panaino, Antonio. (1986). "Tistrya e la stagione delle plogge." (Acme, Volume XXXIX, Fascicolo I, Gennaio-Aprile, Pages 125-133).
Pingree, David. and Brunner, C[?]. (1987). "Astrology and Astronomy in Iran." In: Yarshater, Ehsan. (Editor). Encyclopaedia Iranica (Volume II, Pages 858-871).
Panaino, Antonio. (1987). "The Decans in Iranian Astrology." (East and West, Volume 37, Numbers 1-4, December, Pages 131-137).
Panaino, Antonio. (1988). "Tistrya e Mithra." (Acme, Volume XLI, Fascicolo III, Settembre-Dicembre, Pages 229-242).
Panaino, Antonio. (1995/1996). "Uranographica Iranica II: Avestan hapta.sru- and merezu-: Ursa Minor and the North Pole?." (Archiv für Orientforschung, Volume XLII/XLIII, Pages 190-207).
Panaino, Antonio. (2005). "Tištrya." In: Yarshater, Ehsan. (Editor). Encyclopaedia Iranica (Volume ?, Pages ?-?).
Pavri, Kursedji (1924-1925). "Astronomy of the Avesta." (Iranian Association Journal, Volume ?, Pages ?-?).
Tuman, Vladimir. (1983). "The Cerberus Slab of Hatra may represent Important Astronomical Events." (Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 24, Pages 14-23).
Books/Pamphlets:
Beer, Arthur. (1932). "The Astronomical Significance of the Zodiac of Qusayr Amra'." In: Creswell, Keppel. (Editor). Early Muslim Architecture. Volume 1. (Pages 296-303). [Note: See the (English-language) book review by A[?]. P[?]. in Isis, Volume 19, Number 3, September, 1933, Pages 504-506.]
Casanova, Paul. (1902). "De quelques légendes astronomiques arabes consiérées dans leurs rapports avec la mythologie égyptienne." (Bulletin de L'Institut français d'archéologie orientale - La Caire, numéro 2, Pages 1-19). [Note: Paul Casanova was Professeur de langue et littérature arabes au College de France.]
Davis, Junior., George. (1963). Pronunciations, Derivations, and Meanings of a Selected List of Star Names. [Note: A 1944 journal article reprinted as a pamphlet by Sky Publishing Corporation. Some 180 star names are covered in this essay. Though George Davis was an expert on Arabic star names the essay contains some errors. The pamphlet originally appeared as a journal article in Popular Astronomy, Volume 52, Number 1, January, Pages 8-30. George Davis died on June 4th, 1961.]
Gatto, Katherine. and Bahler, Ingrid. (1997). The Lapidary of King Alfonso X the Learned: A Critical Edition. [Note: This is the first English-language edition of the Lapidario. The manuscript frequently referred to the constellations/stars set out by Ptolemy in his Almagest. See the appendix by Jeffrey La Favre which discusses the astronomy of the Lapidario and identifies the stars mentioned in the Lapidario with modern star names.]
Gingerich, Owen. (1987). "Zoomorphic Astrolabes and the Introduction of Arabic Star Names into Europe." In: King, David. and Saliba, George. (Editors). From Deferent to Equant. (Pages 89-104). [Note: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 500, Number 1. Festschrift for Edward Kennedy. An excellent article on the subject of the introduction of Arabic star names into Europe.]
Gingrich, Andre. (1994). Südwestararabische Sternenkalender. (Wiener Beiträge zur Ethnologie und Anthropologie, Band 7). [Note: The publication is a book and gives a comprehensive account of the ethnoastronomy of a specific northern Yemeni tribe. The author is an Austrian anthropologist ]
Gousset, Thérèse. (1984). "Le Liber de locis stellarum fixarum d'Al-Sufi, ms. 1036 de la Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal de Paris: une réattribution." (Arte medievale, Volume 2, Pages 93-108?).
Harris, William. and Allen, Frederic. (Editors). (2nd edition, unabridged; 1934). Webster's new international dictionary of the English language. [Note: Recorded Arabic star-names that were believed to be the origin of English star-names.]
Higgins, William. (1882). The names of the stars and constellations compiled from the Latin, Greek, and Arabic: with their derivations and meanings. [Note: This is a very small book of 57 pages.]
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1959). Arabische Sternnamen in Europa. [Note: The best and most reliable study of Western use (i.e., adaptations) of Arabic star names. It critically traces the histories if approximately 210 constellations/star names. For Arabic star names in Western use it should be used in preference to "Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning," by Richard Allen. See the (German-language) book review by Ernst Bannerth in Anthropos, Band 55, 1960, Page 603; and the (Spanish-language) book review by Juan Vernet in Oriens, Volume 13-14, 1961, Pages 387-388.]
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1961). Untersuchungen zur Sternnomenklatur der Araber. [Note: A study of indigenous Arabic constellations and star names. One of the few easily accessible studies. See the (German-language) book review by Ernst Bannerth in Anthropos, Band 57, 1962, Page 235. (See also the (German-language) book review in Anthropos, Band 73, 1978, Page 272.) Also, see the (Spanish-language) book review by Juan Vernet in Oriens, Volume 16, 1963, Page 339.]
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1977). "Arabische Sternnamen - Sternnamen der Araber. Zur Begriffsbestimmung." (Sudhoffs Archiv, Band 61, Pages 105-117). [Note: The article title also appears as "Arabische Sternnamen - Sternnamen der Araber. Zur Begriffsbildung."
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1983). Über eine anwa-Tradition mit bisher unbekannten Sternnamen. [Note: An update to his Untersuchungen zur Sternnomenklatur der Araber.(1961). See the (English-language) book reviews by Daniel Martin Varisco in Isis, Volume 76, Number 4, December, 1985, Page 632; and by F[?]. Jamil Ragep in Journal of the American Oriental Society, Volume 108, Number 3, July-September, 1988, Page 496.]
Kunitzsch, Paul. (198). "Remarks on Possible Relations Between Ancient Arabia and the Neighbouring Civilizations, as Found in Some Old Star Names." In: Pre-Islamic Arabia (Studies in the History of Arabia, Volume II, Pages 201-205). [Note: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Studies in the History of Arabia ... April, 1979.]
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1986). Peter Apian und Azophi: Arabische Sternbilder in Ingolstadt im frühen 16. Jahrhundert. [Note: Historically wide-ranging. Basically deals with Arabic constellations in Renaissance astronomy. See the (English-language) book reviews by David Pingree in Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences, Volume 37, Number 119, Décembre, 1987, Page 371; Robert DeKosky in Annals of Science, Volume 45, Number 4, July, 1988, Page 440; and by C[?]. Burnett in Isis, Volume 80, Number 303, September, 1989, Pages 525-526.]
Kunitzsch, Paul. and Smart. Tim. (1986). Short Guide to Modern Star Names and Their Derivations. [Note: An excellent English-language summary of 254 Western star names. I understand it was reviewed in Sky and Telescope, February, 1987, Page 157. See the (English-language) book review by David Pingree in Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 19, Page 59. See also: "Pronunciations, Derivations, and Meanings of a Selected List of Star Names," by George Davis Junior (Popular Astronomy, Volume 52, Number 1, January, 1944, Pages 8-30), which was also issued as a pamphlet (and reprinted recently). Paul Kunitzsch still had concerns with its treatment of Arabic star names. See: "Star Names and Other Updates," by George Lovi (Sky and Telescope, Volume 73, Number 4, April, 1987, Page 407.]
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1987). "An Unknown Arabic Source for Star Names." In: Swarup, Govind., Bag, A[?]. and Shukla, Kripa. (Editors). History of Oriental Astronomy. (Pages 155-163.)
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1989). The Arabs and the Stars. [Note: A collection of previously published articles. See the (English-language) book reviews by Julio Samsó in Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences, Volume 41, 1991, Pages 149-150; and Ellt Dekker in Annals of Science, Volume 50, Number 5, 1993, Pages 497-498.]
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1989). "Star Catalogues and Star Tables in Medieval Oriental and European Astronomy.'' In: The Arabs and the Stars. (I, Essay pages 113-122.) [Note: Originally appeared in Indian Journal of History of Science, Volume 21, 1986, Pages 113-122.]
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1989). "On the Medieval Arabic Knowledge of the Star Alpha Eridani.'' In: The Arabs and the Stars. (VI, Essay pages 108-117.) [Note: Originally appeared in Journal for the History of Arabic Science, Volume 1, 1977, Pages 263-267.]
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1989). "The Astronomer Abu 'I-Husayn al-Sufi and his Book on the Constellations.'' In: The Arabs and the Stars. (XI, Essay pages 56-81.) [Note: Originally appeared in Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften, Band 3, 1986, Pages 56-81.]
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1989). "Zur Tradition der ,,Unwettersterne.'' In: The Arabs and the Stars. (XVI, Essay pages 108-117.) [Note: Originally appeared in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, Band 122, 1972, Pages 108-117.]
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1989). "Peter Apian and 'Azophi': Arabic Constellations in Renaissance Astronomy.'' In: The Arabs and the Stars. (XXIII, Essay pages 117-124.) [Note: Originally appeared in Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 18, 1987, Pages 117-124.]
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1989). "A Note on Star Names, Especially Arabic, and their Literature." In: The Arabs and the Stars. (XXIV, Pages 478-480.) [Note: Originally appeared in Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 20, 1979, Pages 478-480. This article is a critique of the reliability of Arabic star names in Star-Names and Their Meanings by Richard Allen (1899, (reprinted 1936) & 1963 as Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning.]
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1986-1991). Der Sternkatalog des Almagest: die arabische-mittelalterliche Tradition. (3 Volumes). [Note: See the (German-language) book review by Gotthard Strohmaier in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, Sechsundachtzigster Jahrgang, Number 2, 1991, Columns 183-185.]
Lach, Friedrich. (1796). Anleitung zur Kenntnis der Sternnamen. [Note: Pioneering work on Arab-Islamic star names. Dated - needs to be used with care.]
Laffitte, Roland. (2001; 2nd edition 2005). Héritages Arabes: Des noms arabes pour les étoiles. [Note: A study of the Arabic origins of numerous Western star names. The author is a "linguiste émérite" and specialist on Arab influences on Europe.]
Samaha, Abdel. (1936). The Arabic Names of the Stars. [Note: Bulletin Number 39, Helwan Observatory, Cairo. Contains references. (Also possibly republished in 1944.) The author was an astronomer.]
Samaha, Abdel. (1937). The Arabic Names of the Stars. [Note: Lund Observatory Paper, Series II, Number 89 (Historical Notes and Papers, Number 11). A 5-page lecture paper based on the earlier and more detailed 1936 paper of the same title. No references given.]
Savage-Smith, Emilie. and Belliolli, Andrea. (1985). Islamicate Celestial Globes: Their History, Construction, and Use. [Note: Excellent. See the (English-language) book review by David King in Isis, Volume 81, 1990, Number 4, Pages 762-764. The reviewer gives a number of corrective comments.]
Saxl, Fritz. (1932). "The Zodiac of Qusayr Amra'." In: Creswell, Keppel. (Editor). Early Muslim Architecture. Volume 1. (Pages 289-294). [Note: See the (English-language) book review by A[?]. P[?]. in Isis, Volume 19, Number 3, September, 1933, Pages 504-506.]
al-Sayed, Sahira. (1973). A lexicon and analysis of English words of Arabic origin. [Note: PhD dissertation. See especially pages 388-397 for the etymology of 183 Arabic star-names.]
Schjellerup, Hans (1874, Reprinted 1986). Descriptions des Étoiles Fixes, composée au Milieu du Dixième Siècle de Notre Ère, par l'astronomie Persan Abd-al-Rachman al-Sufi. [Note: A literal translation into French, by Hans Schjellerup, of Book of the constellations of the Fixed Stars (Kitab suwar al-kawakib) by Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi.]
Varisco, Daniel. (1997). Medieval Folk Astronomy and Agriculture in Arabia and the Yemen. [Note: A collection of 15 previously published papers.]
Varisco, Daniel. (2000). "Islamic Folk Astronomy." In: Selin, Helaine. (Editor). Astronomy Across Cultures. (Pages 615-650).
Varisco, Daniel. (2005). "Ethnoastronomy and the Arab Agricultural Almanac." In: Chamberlain, Von Del., Carlson, John. and Young, Mary. (2005). Songs from the Sky: Indigenous Astronomical and Cosmological Traditions of the World. (Pages 26-31). [Note: Comprises selected proceedings papers of the "First International Conference on Ethnoastronomy," Washington, D.C., 1983. Published as Volumes XII-XIII, 1996, of Archaeoastronomy: The Journal of the Center Archaeoastronomy. An excellent collection of papers.]
Articles/Entries:
Bailey, Clinton. (1974). "Bedouin Star-Lore in Sinai and the Negev." (Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Volume 37, Number 3, Pages 580-596).
Baker, Patricia. (1980). "The Frescoes of Amra." (Saudi Aramco World, Volume 31, Number 4, July/August, Pages 22-25). [Note: Discusses the early Islamic frescoes at Qusayr Amra (Jordan). Includes a brief discussion of the astronomical chart painted on the ceiling of the dome. The author is an authority on Islamic art and architecture.]
Benhamouda, A[?]. (1951). "Les noms arabes des étoiles. Essai d'identification." (Annales de l'Institut d'Études Orientales, Tome 9, Pages 76-210).
Brunet, J-P., Nadal, R., and Vibert-Guigue, Cl. (1998). (1998). "The Fresco of the Cupola of Qusayr Amra." (Centaurus, Volume 40, Pages 97-123). [Note: Excellent paper]
Schoy, C[?]. (1913-1936). "al-Kalb [the Dog-Star]." In: Houtsma, Martijn. et. al. (Editors). The Encyclopaedia of Islam. (9 Volumes). [Note: Republished in 1993 as: E. J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936. The entry is on Page 688 of Volume ?]
Davis, Junior., George. (1944). "Pronunciations, Derivations, and Meanings of a Selected List of Star Names." (Popular Astronomy, Volume 52, Number 1, January, Pages 8-30). [Note: Though George Davis was an expert on Arabic star names the essay contains some errors. Some 180 star names are covered in this essay. The journal article was reprinted as a pamphlet by Sky Publishing Corporation in 1963. George Davis died on June 4th, 1961.]
Engeldew, J[?]. (1981). "Star Names in Western Astronomy." (Journal of the British Astronomical Association, Volume 92, Number ?, Page 63).
Gingerich, Owen. (1986). "Islamic Astronomy." (Scientific American, Volume 254, April, Pages 68?/74?-?). [Note: On the role of astrolabes in the introduction of Arabic star names into European star nomenclature.]
Gore, John. (1899). "The Names of Stars." (The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume CCLXXXVI, January to June, Pages 17-23). [Note: See the (English-language) obituary in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 71, February, 1911, Pages 256-257; and the (English-language) biographical entry in Who Was Who, 1897-1916, 1920, Page 285.]
Hawkins, Gerald. (1978). "The Sky When Islam Began." (Archaeoastronomy Bulletin, Volume 1, Number 3, May, Pages 6-7).
Henninger, Joseph. (1954). "Über Sternkunde und Sternkult in Nord- und Zentralarabien." (Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, Volume 79, Pages 82-117). [Note: A study of pre-Islamic Arabian astronomy and astral beliefs. See also the article by Paul Kunitzsch on the pre-scientific popular Arabic astronomy in "Science in Western and Eastern Civilization in Carolingian Times" edited by Paul Butzer et. al. (1993).]
Hiskett, M[?]. (1967). "The Arab Star-Calendar and Planetary System in Hausa Verse." (Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, University of London, Volume 30, Number 1, Pages 158-176).
Honigmann, Ernest. (1950). "The Arabic Translation of Aratus' Phaenomena." (Isis, Volume 41, Part 1, March, Number 123, Pages 30-31). [Note: The Belgian scholar Ernest Honigmann died suddenly aged 62 years leaving behind 2 partly completely manuscripts and the detailed outline of another. Life dates: 1892-1954.]
Hommel, Fritz. (1891). "Ueber den Ursprung und das Alter der arabischen Sternnamen und insbesondere der Mondstationen." (Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, Fünf und vierzigster Band, Pages 592-619).
Hostetter, Homer. (circa 1980?). "On the Track of the Cat." (McDonald Observatory News, Pages 4-5). [Note: A discussion of the origins of the Bedouin constellation "Al-Asad" described by the astronomer Al Biruni circa 1000 CE. The author kindly sent me a copy of the article but did not include publication details.]
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1974). "Die arabischen Sternbilder des Südhimmels (I)." Der Islam, Volume 51, Pages 37-54).
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1975). "Die arabischen Sternbilder des Südhimmels (II)." Der Islam, Volume 52, Pages 263-277).
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1976). "Naturwissenschaft und Philologie: Die arabischen Elemente in der Nomenklatur und Terminologie der Himmelskunde (Die Sterne, Band 52, Pages 218-227).
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1979). "Zur Sternkunde der arabischen Nautiker." (Der Islam, Band 56, Pages 305-311).
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1979). "A note on Star Names, Especially Arabic, and Their Literature." (Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical society, Volume 20, Pages 478-480). [Note: Correspondence.]
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1981). "Star Names in Western Astronomy." (Journal of the British Astronomical Association, Volume 92, Number ?, Page 47).
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1983). "How we Got Our "Arabic" Star Names." (Sky and Telescope, Volume 65, Number 1, January, Pages 20-22).
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1986). "Star catalogues and star tables in mediaeval Oriental and European astronomy." (Indian Journal of History of Science, Volume 21, Number 2, Pages 113-122).
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1986). "The star catalogue commonly appended to the Alfonsine Tables." (Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 17, Pages 89-98).
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1986). "The astronomer Abu 'l-Husayn al-Sufi and his Book on the Constellations." (Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften, Band 3, Pages 56-81).
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1989). "The Astrolabe Stars of al-Sufi." (Astrolabica, Tome 5, Pages 7-14).
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1990). "Al-Sufi and the Astrolabe Stars." (Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften, Band 6, Pages 151-166).
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1991). "al-Manazil (Lunar Mansions)." In: Encyclopaedia of Islam. (2nd-edition, Volume VI, Pages 374-376).
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1991). "Mintaket al-Burudj (The Zodiac)." In: Encyclopaedia of Islam. (2nd-edition, Volume VI, Pages 81-87).
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1993). "The Chapter on the Fixed Stars in Zaradusht's Kitab al-Mawalid." (Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften, Band 8, Pages 241-249).
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1993). "al-Nudjum (The Stars)." In: Encyclopaedia of Islam. (2nd-edition, Volume VIII, Pages 97-105).
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1995/1996). "European Celestial Globes with Arabic Inscriptions." (Der Globusfreund, Volume 43/44, Pages 135-142). [Note: The German-language version of the article "Europäische Himmelsgloben mit arabischen inschriften." follows on pages 143-150.]
Kunitzsch, Paul. (1997). "Stars in Arabic-Islamic Science." In: Selin, Helaine. (Editor). Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. (Pages 910-912).
Kunitzsch, Paul. and Langermann, Y[?]. (2003). "A Star Table from Medieval Yemen." (Centaurus Volume 45, Pages 159-174).
Kunitzsch, Paul. (2000). "The Chapter on the Stars in an Early European Treatise on the Use of the Astrolabe." (Suhayl, Volume 1, Pages 243-250). [Note: Suhayl is published in Barcelona, Spain.]
Laffitte, Roland. (2000-2002). "Quelques noms de signes du zodiaque sudarabique." (Matériaux Arabes et Sudarabique, GELAS, Nouvelle Série X, Pages 159-173). [Note: GELAS = Groupe d'Études de Linguistique et de Littératures Arabes et Sudarabiques.]
Laffitte, Roland. (2002). "De l'akkadien Zibânîtu `a l'arabe Al-Zubânâ en passant par le mandéen zibânâtâ?" (Semitica, Cahiers de l'Institut d'Études Sémitiques du Collège de France, Number 50, Pages 193-197).
Laffitte, Roland. (2002 [Publication date also given as 2003]). "Les noms sémitiques des signes du zodiaque, et Babylone `a Baghdad." (Comptes rendus du GLECS, Tome XXXIV, Pages 97-118). [Note: Title also appears as: "Les noms sémitiques des signes du zodiaque, de Babylone `a Baghdad." GLECS = Groupe Linguistique d'Études Chamito-Sémitiques.]
Laffitte, Roland. (2004). "Sur le zodiaque sudarabique." (Arabia, IREMAM, Aix-en-Provence & ISIAO, Number 1, Pages 79-89).
Langermann, Y[?]. (1997). "Arabic cosmology." (Early Science and Medicine, Volume 2, Number 2, June, Pages ?-?).
Lynn, William. (1910). "Classical and arabic origin of star names." (The Observatory, Volume 33, March, Pages 137-138). [Note: The author was an assistant at Greenwich Observatory.]
Mesnard, H[André-Hubert?]. (1949). "Les noms arabes d'etoiles." (Ciel et Terre, Band 65, Pages 1-19, 70-79, and 104-115).
Rehmus, E[?]. (1978). 'The Arabic star-names." (Verbatim, Volume 5, Winter, Pages 5-6). [Note: Verbatim is a USA quarterly journal on language with its articles written for a general audience.]
Varisco, Daniel. (1987). "The Rain Periods in Pre-Islamic Arabic." (Arabica, Volume 34, Pages 251-266).
Varisco, Daniel. (1991). "The Origin of the anwa' in Arab Tradition." (Studia Islamica, Number 74, Pages 5-28). [Note: The author is currently (2006) at Hofstra University in Hempstead, Long Island, New York (USA).]
Varisco, Daniel. (1995). "Stars and Texts in Arabia." (Archaeoastronomy & Ethnoastronomy News, Number 16, June Solstice, Pages ?-?). [Note: Also in: Essays from Archaeoastronomy & Ethnoastronomy News, the Quarterly Bulletin of the Center for Archaeoastronomy, Number 16, June Solstice, 1995.]
Pellat, Charles. (1955). "Dictons rimés, anwa' et mansions lunaires chez les arabes." (Arabica, Volume 2, Pages 17-41).
Pellat, Charles. (1960). "al-Anwa'." In: Encyclopaedia of Islam. (2nd-edition, Volume I, Pages 523-?).
Serjeant, Robert. (1954). "Star calendars and an almanac from south-west Arabia." (Anthropos, Band 49, Pages 433-459). [Note: The author was considered an outstanding Arabist. See the (English-language) obituaries by Anon in The British-Yemeni Society Journal, Volume 1, [Number 1], 1993; and by ? in Asian Affairs, Volume 24, Number 3, November, 1993, Pages 377-379. Life dates: 1913-1993.]
Tibbetts, Gerald. (1971). Arab Navigation in the Indian Ocean Before the Coming of the Portuguese.
Yampolsky, Philip. (1950). "The Origin of the Twenty-eight Lunar Mansions." (Osiris, Volumen Nonum [Volume 9], Pages 62-83). [Note: Presentation of various expert opinions for the origin of the system of lunar mansions found in China, India, and Arabia.]
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