Antiquity Studies

Series | Antiquity Studies
Volume 13 | Edited book | Certissima signa

Certissima signa

A Venice Conference on Greek and Latin Astronomical Texts

open access | peer reviewed
    edited by
  • 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 AstrothesyDiagramAstronomical illustrationAuthoritiesMarciana National Library, VeniceCelestial mythologyManuscriptsItalian humanismCosmographyRenaissanceAratusAncient Greek MusicIlluminationOwners and provenancesMedieval manuscriptsEditorial TechniqueIlluminated manuscriptsAncient constellationsAstronomical ManuscriptsHipparchusIncunablesCastasterismHarmony of the spheresClassical TraditionPythagoreanismMediaeval astronomyAncient astronomyZenith star methodManuel BryenneCatalogues and ShelfmarksHarmonicaAstronomyAstronomical ancient printed booksCircumference of the earthTreatises on AstrolabeAncient and ModernCristannus De PrachaticzItalian HumanismEratosthenesPtolemyConstellationsAratean traditionHyginusStar iconographyHistory of LibrariesClassicsAldine PressAstral MythologyDigital StemmatologyMedieval astronomyBook illustrationIncunables Classical traditionBook IllustrationComputer-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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