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