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A Venice Conference on Greek and Latin Astronomical Texts

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  • Filippomaria Pontani - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email orcid profile

Abstract

The observation of the stars has never just been a matter of ‘science’, but has constantly interacted with other domains, such as philosophy, literature, medicine, religion, history and magic. Consequently, the history of astronomical writings involves very diverse skills and, therefore, calls for a cooperation between scholars. The present book represents such a shared attempt to investigate ancient, medieval and Renaissance astronomical texts, with a special focus on their transmission in manuscripts and prints, the relationship between texts and images, and the Nachleben of the Greco-Latin tradition in later Western culture.

Keywords Classical Tradition • Classics • Italian humanism • Manuel Bryenne • Cosmography • Owners and provenances • Authorities • Book illustration • Constellations • Circumference of the earth • Astral Mythology • Aratean tradition • Aratus • History of Libraries • Renaissance • Ancient constellations • Italian Humanism • Celestial mythology • Star iconography • Digital Stemmatology • Ancient Greek Music • Harmonica • Harmony of the spheres • Eratosthenes • Aldine Press • Computer-assisted Critical Editions • Ancient astronomy • Astronomy • Catalogues and Shelfmarks • Astronomical illustration • Book Illustration • Medieval astronomy • Astronomical Manuscripts • Zenith star method • Ancient and Modern • Illuminated manuscripts • Incunables Classical tradition • Illumination • Hyginus • Marciana National Library, Venice • Cristannus De Prachaticz • Pythagoreanism • Astronomical ancient printed books • Treatises on Astrolabe • Astrothesy • Incunables • Ptolemy • Mediaeval astronomy • Medieval manuscripts • Diagram • Editorial Technique • Castasterism • Hipparchus • Manuscripts

Permalink http://doi.org/10.14277/978-88-6969-165-2 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-165-2 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-7543-440-3 | Pubblicato 01 Settembre 2017 | Lingua it, en, fr

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