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Antiquity Studies
Volume 13 | Edited book | Certissima signa
A Venice Conference on Greek and Latin Astronomical Texts
open access | peer reviewed
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 Astrothesy • Diagram • Astronomical illustration • Authorities • Marciana National Library, Venice • Celestial mythology • Manuscripts • Italian humanism • Cosmography • Renaissance • Aratus • Ancient Greek Music • Illumination • Owners and provenances • Medieval manuscripts • Editorial Technique • Illuminated manuscripts • Ancient constellations • Astronomical Manuscripts • Hipparchus • Incunables • Castasterism • Harmony of the spheres • Classical Tradition • Pythagoreanism • Mediaeval astronomy • Ancient astronomy • Zenith star method • Manuel Bryenne • Catalogues and Shelfmarks • Harmonica • Astronomy • Astronomical ancient printed books • Circumference of the earth • Treatises on Astrolabe • Ancient and Modern • Cristannus De Prachaticz • Italian Humanism • Eratosthenes • Ptolemy • Constellations • Aratean tradition • Hyginus • Star iconography • History of Libraries • Classics • Aldine Press • Astral Mythology • Digital Stemmatology • Medieval astronomy • Book illustration • Incunables Classical tradition • Book Illustration • Computer-assisted Critical Editions
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, it, en
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