Exploring the Relevance of the Star-positions in the Medieval Illuminated

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_1139
dc.contributor.author	Zucker Arnaud
dc.title	Exploring the Relevance of the Star-positions in the Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts of Hyginus’ De Astronomia
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	This paper analyzes the agreement between pictures and text in the 20 extant manuscripts of Hyginus’ Astronomy which are illuminated and marked with stars, the majority of which date from the second half of the 15th century. It focuses on the number and position of the stars on the constellation figures, and systematically inventories in each manuscript all discrepancies between picture and text. The existence of independent constellation albums and the disconnection between the activities of pictor and scriptor could more ambiguous. It actually appears that in some cases the positions of the stars precisely match the wording of a manuscript and lead to the conclusion that star-positioning might have sometimes been a secondary process adjusted to the very text of the illustrated manuscript.
dc.relation.ispartof	Antiquity Studies
dc.relation.ispartof	Filologia e letteratura
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2017-09-01
dc.dateAccepted	2017-03-31
dc.dateSubmitted	2017-01-13
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-7543-440-3/exploring-the-relevance-of-the-star-positions-in-t/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/6969-165-2/ANT-13-9
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8828
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9344
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-7543-440-3
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-165-2
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
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dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Ancient astronomy
dc.subject	Ancient astronomy
dc.subject	Ancient constellations
dc.subject	Ancient constellations
dc.subject	Astrothesy
dc.subject	Astrothesy
dc.subject	Hyginus
dc.subject	Hyginus
dc.subject	Illuminated manuscripts
dc.subject	Illuminated manuscripts
dc.subject	Medieval astronomy
dc.subject	Medieval astronomy
dc.subject	Star iconography
dc.subject	Star iconography

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Exploring the Relevance of the Star-positions in the Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts of Hyginus’ De Astronomia

Arnaud Zucker Université de Nice, France

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This paper analyzes the agreement between pictures and text in the 20 extant manuscripts of Hyginus’ Astronomy which are illuminated and marked with stars, the majority of which date from the second half of the 15th century. It focuses on the number and position of the stars on the constellation figures, and systematically inventories in each manuscript all discrepancies between picture and text. The existence of independent constellation albums and the disconnection between the activities of pictor and scriptor could more ambiguous. It actually appears that in some cases the positions of the stars precisely match the wording of a manuscript and lead to the conclusion that star-positioning might have sometimes been a secondary process adjusted to the very text of the illustrated manuscript.

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Sept. 1, 2017

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March 31, 2017

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Jan. 13, 2017

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978-88-7543-440-3

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978-88-6969-165-2

Keywords: Ancient constellations • Star iconography • Astrothesy • Ancient astronomy • Medieval astronomy • Hyginus • Illuminated manuscripts

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