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