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A Venice Conference on Greek and Latin Astronomical Texts

open access | peer reviewed
    a cura di
  • 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 HarmonicaHipparchusAldine PressIlluminationOwners and provenancesCelestial mythologyAncient constellationsZenith star methodDiagramItalian humanismMedieval manuscriptsCatalogues and ShelfmarksBook IllustrationMedieval astronomyRenaissanceMediaeval astronomyAncient and ModernAncient astronomyComputer-assisted Critical EditionsMarciana National Library, VeniceClassicsEditorial TechniqueAstronomical illustrationManuel BryenneTreatises on AstrolabeHyginusConstellationsIlluminated manuscriptsAuthoritiesPythagoreanismItalian HumanismPtolemyIncunablesCosmographyClassical TraditionEratosthenesAratean traditionManuscriptsAncient Greek MusicAratusHarmony of the spheresCircumference of the earthAstral MythologyAstronomyHistory of LibrariesAstrothesyCristannus De PrachaticzStar iconographyBook illustrationAstronomical ManuscriptsCastasterismIncunables Classical traditionDigital StemmatologyAstronomical ancient printed books

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 | Pubblicato 01 Settembre 2017 | Lingua en, it, fr

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