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

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 en, fr, it

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