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