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

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 en, fr, it

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