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 History of LibrariesComputer-assisted Critical EditionsAstral MythologyAstronomical ManuscriptsIlluminationPythagoreanismCircumference of the earthDiagramConstellationsHarmony of the spheresIlluminated manuscriptsDigital StemmatologyAstronomical ancient printed booksBook illustrationStar iconographyBook IllustrationMedieval astronomyHipparchusOwners and provenancesCastasterismAncient Greek MusicAncient and ModernIncunablesMarciana National Library, VeniceAratusAncient astronomyItalian humanismAratean traditionZenith star methodMedieval manuscriptsHyginusPtolemyTreatises on AstrolabeMediaeval astronomyAstronomyCristannus De PrachaticzAstrothesyAuthoritiesHarmonicaManuel BryenneClassical TraditionEditorial TechniqueAldine PressAncient constellationsEratosthenesManuscriptsAstronomical illustrationIncunables Classical traditionCelestial mythologyCatalogues and ShelfmarksItalian HumanismClassicsCosmographyRenaissance

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 en, fr, it