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

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

Copyright © 2017 Filippomaria Pontani. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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