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  1. The medieval Moon in a matrix: double argument tables for lunar motion.Bernard R. Goldstein & José Chabás - 2019 - Archive for History of Exact Sciences 73 (4):335-359.
    Astronomers have always considered the motion of the Moon as highly complicated, and this motion is decisive in determining the circumstances of such critical celestial phenomena as eclipses. Table-makers devoted much ingenuity in trying to find ways to present it in tabular form. In the late Middle Ages, double argument tables provided a smart and compact solution to address this problem satisfactorily, and many tables of this kind were compiled by both Christian and Jewish astronomers. This paper presents multiple examples (...)
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