Antiquity Studies

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A Venice Conference on Greek and Latin Astronomical Texts

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

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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