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