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 AuthoritiesAncient constellationsAstronomical ManuscriptsConstellationsEratosthenesHarmony of the spheresItalian humanismIlluminated manuscriptsHistory of LibrariesTreatises on AstrolabeCelestial mythologyAstronomyAstronomical ancient printed booksClassical TraditionClassicsDiagramCastasterismDigital StemmatologyComputer-assisted Critical EditionsIlluminationManuscriptsPythagoreanismAncient and ModernAratean traditionCircumference of the earthItalian HumanismCatalogues and ShelfmarksRenaissanceManuel BryenneStar iconographyEditorial TechniqueAncient Greek MusicCristannus De PrachaticzAncient astronomyHarmonicaAratusHyginusCosmographyZenith star methodAstral MythologyMedieval astronomyMediaeval astronomyIncunablesMarciana National Library, VenicePtolemyBook IllustrationAstronomical illustrationHipparchusIncunables Classical traditionBook illustrationAstrothesyOwners and provenancesMedieval manuscriptsAldine Press

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, it, en