Bow-shaped Caustics from Conical Prisms: a 13th Century Account of Rainbow Formation from Robert Grosseteste’s De iride

Harvey, Joshua; Smithson, Hannah; Siviour, Clive; Gasper, Giles E.M.; Sonnesyn, Sigbjorn O.; Tanner, Brian K.; McLeish, Tom

doi:10.1364/ao.56.00g197

All Outputs (5)

Anselm of Canterbury: Theology of Salvation (2017)
Book Chapter
Gasper, G. E. (2017). Anselm of Canterbury: Theology of Salvation. In J. S. Holcomb (Ed.), Christian Theologies of Salvation: A Comparative Introduction (124-142). New York University Press

Theology at Le Bec (2017)
Book Chapter
Gasper, G. E. (2017). Theology at Le Bec. In B. Pohl, & L. L. Gathagan (Eds.), A companion to the Abbey of Le Bec in the central Middle Ages (11th-13th centuries) (206-227). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004351905_010

Producing Christian Culture: Medieval Exegesis and Its Interpretative Genres (2017)
Book
Gasper, G. E., Watson, F., & Crawford, M. (Eds.). (2017). Producing Christian Culture: Medieval Exegesis and Its Interpretative Genres. Routledge

Producing Christian Culture takes as its thread the 'interpretative genres' within which medieval people engaged with the Bible. Contributors to the volume present specific material as a case study illustrative of a specific genre, whether devotional... Read More about Producing Christian Culture: Medieval Exegesis and Its Interpretative Genres.

Scripture and the changing culture of theology in the High Middle Ages (2017)
Book Chapter
Gasper, G. E. (2017). Scripture and the changing culture of theology in the High Middle Ages. In G. E. Gasper, F. Watson, & M. Crawford (Eds.), Producing Christian culture : medieval exegesis and its interpretative genres (117-144). Routledge

Bow-shaped Caustics from Conical Prisms: a 13th Century Account of Rainbow Formation from Robert Grosseteste’s De iride (2017)
Journal Article
Harvey, J., Smithson, H., Siviour, C., Gasper, G. E., Sonnesyn, S. O., Tanner, B. K., & McLeish, T. (2017). Bow-shaped Caustics from Conical Prisms: a 13th Century Account of Rainbow Formation from Robert Grosseteste’s De iride. Applied Optics, 56(19), G197-G204. https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.56.00g197

The rainbow has been the subject of discussion across a variety of historical periods and cultures, and numerous optical explanations have been suggested. Here, we further explore the scientific treatise De iride [On the Rainbow] written by Robert Gr... Read More about Bow-shaped Caustics from Conical Prisms: a 13th Century Account of Rainbow Formation from Robert Grosseteste’s De iride.