Antiquity Studies

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

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 | Published Sept. 1, 2017 | Language fr, en, it

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