Series | Antiquity Studies
Volume 13 | Edited book | Certissima signa
Certissima signa
A Venice Conference on Greek and Latin Astronomical Texts
open access | peer reviewed-
edited by
- 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 Manuel Bryenne • Book illustration • Manuscripts • Aldine Press • Marciana National Library, Venice • Hyginus • Star iconography • Circumference of the earth • Classics • Editorial Technique • History of Libraries • Illuminated manuscripts • Cosmography • Ancient astronomy • Illumination • Incunables • Ptolemy • Computer-assisted Critical Editions • Ancient Greek Music • Cristannus De Prachaticz • Hipparchus • Astronomical Manuscripts • Italian Humanism • Classical Tradition • Mediaeval astronomy • Medieval astronomy • Celestial mythology • Renaissance • Pythagoreanism • Aratean tradition • Astronomical illustration • Book Illustration • Digital Stemmatology • Italian humanism • Zenith star method • Catalogues and Shelfmarks • Aratus • Castasterism • Authorities • Diagram • Constellations • Astral Mythology • Treatises on Astrolabe • Eratosthenes • Harmonica • Harmony of the spheres • Owners and provenances • Astronomy • Incunables Classical tradition • Astronomical ancient printed books • Astrothesy • Ancient constellations • Ancient and Modern • Medieval manuscripts
Permalink http://doi.org/10.14277/978-88-6969-165-2 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-7543-440-3 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-165-2 | Published Sept. 1, 2017 | Language it, en, fr
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