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A Venice Conference on Greek and Latin Astronomical Texts

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

Thema codes DSBB • NKX • 1QBA • 3K

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, fr, en

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