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A Venice Conference on Greek and Latin Astronomical Texts

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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.

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

Thema codes DSBB • NKX • 1QBA • 3K

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 fr, en, it

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