L’astronomie dans les Harmonica de Manuel Bryenne

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_1135
dc.contributor.author	Weddigen Anne
dc.title	L’astronomie dans les Harmonica de Manuel Bryenne
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	fr
dc.description.abstract	There is not much about astronomy in Manuel Bryennius’ Harmonica, but it is not unimportant to the text. In two chapters we find a discussion about the harmony of the spheres, where the author tries to establish in which direction the planets move around the earth from the planet’s mean longitudinal motion. These observations are not sufficient, hence the author uses philosophical and analogical arguments that are strongly linked to the figures associated with the text. The last figure, a diagram connecting the musical scales with the moon phases, probably does not belong to Manuel Bryennius’ Harmonica, but it is taken from one branch of the text of Ptolemy’s Harmonica. This is important for a better understanding of the history of the textual tradition of Bryennius’ Harmonica.
dc.relation.ispartof	Antiquity Studies
dc.relation.ispartof	Filologia e letteratura
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2017-09-01
dc.dateAccepted	2017-03-31
dc.dateSubmitted	2017-01-31
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-7543-440-3/lastronomie-dans-les-harmonica-de-manuel-bryenne/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/6969-165-2/ANT-13-5
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8828
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9344
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-7543-440-3
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-165-2
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
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dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Ancient Greek Music
dc.subject	Ancient Greek Music
dc.subject	Astronomy
dc.subject	Astronomy
dc.subject	Diagram
dc.subject	Diagram
dc.subject	Harmonica
dc.subject	Harmonica
dc.subject	Harmony of the spheres
dc.subject	Harmony of the spheres
dc.subject	Manuel Bryenne
dc.subject	Manuel Bryenne
dc.subject	Manuscripts
dc.subject	Manuscripts
dc.subject	Ptolemy
dc.subject	Ptolemy

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L’astronomie dans les Harmonica de Manuel Bryenne

Anne Weddigen Université de Reims, France

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There is not much about astronomy in Manuel Bryennius’ Harmonica, but it is not unimportant to the text. In two chapters we find a discussion about the harmony of the spheres, where the author tries to establish in which direction the planets move around the earth from the planet’s mean longitudinal motion. These observations are not sufficient, hence the author uses philosophical and analogical arguments that are strongly linked to the figures associated with the text. The last figure, a diagram connecting the musical scales with the moon phases, probably does not belong to Manuel Bryennius’ Harmonica, but it is taken from one branch of the text of Ptolemy’s Harmonica. This is important for a better understanding of the history of the textual tradition of Bryennius’ Harmonica.

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Sept. 1, 2017

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March 31, 2017

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Jan. 31, 2017

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978-88-7543-440-3

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Keywords: Ancient Greek Music • Harmony of the spheres • Manuel Bryenne • Diagram • Manuscripts • Astronomy • Harmonica • Ptolemy

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