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

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 en, fr, it

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