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dc.identifier	ECF_book_168
dc.creator	Pontani Filippomaria
dc.title	Certissima signa. A Venice Conference on Greek and Latin Astronomical Texts
dc.type	Edited book
dc.language.iso	en, it, fr
dc.description.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.
dc.relation.ispartof	Antichistica
dc.relation.ispartof	Filologia e letteratura
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/978-88-6969-165-2
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2017-09-01
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-7543-440-3/
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8828
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9344
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-7543-440-3
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-165-2
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Aldine Press
dc.subject	Aldine Press
dc.subject	Ancient and Modern
dc.subject	Ancient and Modern
dc.subject	Ancient astronomy
dc.subject	Ancient astronomy
dc.subject	Ancient astronomy
dc.subject	Ancient astronomy
dc.subject	Ancient constellations
dc.subject	Ancient constellations
dc.subject	Ancient Greek Music
dc.subject	Ancient Greek Music
dc.subject	Aratean tradition
dc.subject	Aratean tradition
dc.subject	Aratus
dc.subject	Aratus
dc.subject	Astral Mythology
dc.subject	Astral Mythology
dc.subject	Astronomical ancient printed books
dc.subject	Astronomical ancient printed books
dc.subject	Astronomical illustration
dc.subject	Astronomical illustration
dc.subject	Astronomical Manuscripts
dc.subject	Astronomical Manuscripts
dc.subject	Astronomy
dc.subject	Astronomy
dc.subject	Astronomy
dc.subject	Astronomy
dc.subject	Astronomy
dc.subject	Astronomy
dc.subject	Astrothesy
dc.subject	Astrothesy
dc.subject	Authorities
dc.subject	Authorities
dc.subject	Book illustration
dc.subject	Book illustration
dc.subject	Book Illustration
dc.subject	Book Illustration
dc.subject	Castasterism
dc.subject	Castasterism
dc.subject	Catalogues and Shelfmarks
dc.subject	Catalogues and Shelfmarks
dc.subject	Celestial mythology
dc.subject	Celestial mythology
dc.subject	Circumference of the earth
dc.subject	Circumference of the earth
dc.subject	Classical Tradition
dc.subject	Classical Tradition
dc.subject	Classics
dc.subject	Classics
dc.subject	Computer-assisted Critical Editions
dc.subject	Computer-assisted Critical Editions
dc.subject	Constellations
dc.subject	Constellations
dc.subject	Constellations
dc.subject	Constellations
dc.subject	Cosmography
dc.subject	Cosmography
dc.subject	Cristannus De Prachaticz
dc.subject	Cristannus De Prachaticz
dc.subject	Diagram
dc.subject	Diagram
dc.subject	Digital Stemmatology
dc.subject	Digital Stemmatology
dc.subject	Editorial Technique
dc.subject	Editorial Technique
dc.subject	Eratosthenes
dc.subject	Eratosthenes
dc.subject	Harmonica
dc.subject	Harmonica
dc.subject	Harmony of the spheres
dc.subject	Harmony of the spheres
dc.subject	Hipparchus
dc.subject	Hipparchus
dc.subject	History of Libraries
dc.subject	History of Libraries
dc.subject	Hyginus
dc.subject	Hyginus
dc.subject	Illuminated manuscripts
dc.subject	Illuminated manuscripts
dc.subject	Illumination
dc.subject	Illumination
dc.subject	Illumination
dc.subject	Illumination
dc.subject	Incunables
dc.subject	Incunables
dc.subject	Incunables Classical tradition
dc.subject	Incunables Classical tradition
dc.subject	Italian humanism
dc.subject	Italian humanism
dc.subject	Italian Humanism
dc.subject	Italian Humanism
dc.subject	Manuel Bryenne
dc.subject	Manuel Bryenne
dc.subject	Manuscripts
dc.subject	Manuscripts
dc.subject	Manuscripts
dc.subject	Manuscripts
dc.subject	Manuscripts
dc.subject	Manuscripts
dc.subject	Marciana National Library, Venice
dc.subject	Marciana National Library, Venice
dc.subject	Marciana National Library, Venice
dc.subject	Marciana National Library, Venice
dc.subject	Mediaeval astronomy
dc.subject	Mediaeval astronomy
dc.subject	Medieval astronomy
dc.subject	Medieval astronomy
dc.subject	Medieval astronomy
dc.subject	Medieval astronomy
dc.subject	Medieval manuscripts
dc.subject	Medieval manuscripts
dc.subject	Owners and provenances
dc.subject	Owners and provenances
dc.subject	Ptolemy
dc.subject	Ptolemy
dc.subject	Ptolemy
dc.subject	Ptolemy
dc.subject	Pythagoreanism
dc.subject	Pythagoreanism
dc.subject	Renaissance
dc.subject	Renaissance
dc.subject	Star iconography
dc.subject	Star iconography
dc.subject	Treatises on Astrolabe
dc.subject	Treatises on Astrolabe
dc.subject	Zenith star method
dc.subject	Zenith star method

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Certissima signa

A Venice Conference on Greek and Latin Astronomical Texts

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Filippomaria Pontani Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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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.

Published

Sept. 1, 2017

Language

EN, IT, FR

ISBN (PRINT)

978-88-7543-440-3

ISBN (EBOOK)

978-88-6969-165-2

Keywords

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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