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

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