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

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, it, en

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