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

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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