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