Antiquity Studies

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A Venice Conference on Greek and Latin Astronomical Texts

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

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, it, fr

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