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

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 it, fr, en

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