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

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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