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