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