Certissima signa
A Venice Conference on Greek and Latin Astronomical Texts
open access | peer reviewed
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edited by
- Filippomaria Pontani - Ca' Foscari University of Venice - 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 Harmony of the spheres • Illumination • Incunables Classical tradition • Astronomical illustration • Ancient Greek Music • Book illustration • Cosmography • Harmonica • Medieval manuscripts • Pythagoreanism • Italian Humanism • Zenith star method • Aldine Press • Star iconography • History of Libraries • Editorial Technique • Ancient constellations • Manuel Bryenne • Medieval astronomy • Renaissance • Classical Tradition • Hyginus • Treatises on Astrolabe • Classics • Astral Mythology • Ptolemy • Hipparchus • Aratean tradition • Ancient and Modern • Illuminated manuscripts • Marciana National Library, Venice • Authorities • Cristannus De Prachaticz • Owners and provenances • Circumference of the earth • Incunables • Astrothesy • Catalogues and Shelfmarks • Computer-assisted Critical Editions • Ancient astronomy • Constellations • Digital Stemmatology • Book Illustration • Italian humanism • Manuscripts • Aratus • Celestial mythology • Astronomical Manuscripts • Astronomical ancient printed books • Astronomy • Castasterism • Diagram • Mediaeval astronomy • Eratosthenes
Thema codes DSBB • NKX • 1QBA • 3K
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
Subseries Filologia e letteratura e-ISSN 2610-9352 ISSN 2610-8836
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