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