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Chapter | On Aldus’ Scriptores astronomici (1499)
On Aldus’ Scriptores astronomici (1499)
- Filippomaria Pontani - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email orcid profile
- Elisabetta Lugato - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venezia, Italia - email
The Scriptores astronomici veteres were published by Aldus Manutius in Venice 1499. This book represents the most ambitious humanist attempt to reconstruct ancient astronomical wisdom by presenting the original texts of ancient authors. As such, the volume raises several questions. What is the rationale of Aldus’ selection? What do we know about his manuscript sources and the editorial process? What is the history of the incunable's remarkable illustrations (most notably those in Firmicus’ books 2 and 6, and in Germanicus’ Aratea)? How does this edition fit into one of the most difficult periods of Aldus’ Venetian enterprise? This paper attempts to tackle some of these issues.
Submitted: Jan. 13, 2017 | Accepted: March 31, 2017 | Published: Sept. 1, 2017 | Language: en
Keywords Book Illustration Editorial Technique Manuscripts Aldine Press Italian Humanism Astronomy Illumination Classical Tradition Incunables
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Forword
- Foreword
- Filippomaria Pontani
- Sept. 1, 2017
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- Sept. 1, 2017
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Astronomy and Geography
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- Sept. 1, 2017
- L’astronomie dans les Harmonica de Manuel Bryenne
- Anne Weddigen
- Sept. 1, 2017
- Texts and Illustrations in Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, ms. Lat. VIII 22 (2760)
- Fabio Guidetti
- Sept. 1, 2017
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De signis coeli and De ordine ac positione stellarum in signis
Two Star Catalogues from the Carolingian Age - Anna Santoni
- None
- Tubi astronomici
- Francesco Bertola
- Sept. 1, 2017
- Exploring the Relevance of the Star-positions in the Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts of Hyginus’ De Astronomia
- Arnaud Zucker
- Sept. 1, 2017
- Hyginus, Michael Scot (?) and the Tyranny of Technology in the Early Renaissance
- Kristen Lippincott
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- Sept. 1, 2017
- Cristannus de Prachaticz’s Treatises on the Astrolabe
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ECF_chapter_1141 |
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dc.contributor.author |
Lugato Elisabetta |
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dc.contributor.author |
Pontani Filippomaria |
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dc.title |
On Aldus’ Scriptores astronomici (1499) |
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dc.type |
Chapter |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.description.abstract |
The Scriptores astronomici veteres were published by Aldus Manutius in Venice 1499. This book represents the most ambitious humanist attempt to reconstruct ancient astronomical wisdom by presenting the original texts of ancient authors. As such, the volume raises several questions. What is the rationale of Aldus’ selection? What do we know about his manuscript sources and the editorial process? What is the history of the incunable's remarkable illustrations (most notably those in Firmicus’ books 2 and 6, and in Germanicus’ Aratea)? How does this edition fit into one of the most difficult periods of Aldus’ Venetian enterprise? This paper attempts to tackle some of these issues. |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Antiquity Studies |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Filologia e letteratura |
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dc.publisher |
Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing |
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dc.issued |
2017-09-01 |
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dc.dateAccepted |
2017-03-31 |
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dc.dateSubmitted |
2017-01-13 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-7543-440-3/on-aldus-scriptores-astronomici-1499/ |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.14277/6969-165-2/ANT-13-11 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
2610-8828 |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
2610-9344 |
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dc.identifier.isbn |
978-88-7543-440-3 |
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dc.identifier.eisbn |
978-88-6969-165-2 |
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dc.rights |
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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with fulltext |
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open |
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yes |
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dc.subject |
Aldine Press |
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dc.subject |
Aldine Press |
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dc.subject |
Astronomy |
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dc.subject |
Astronomy |
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dc.subject |
Book Illustration |
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dc.subject |
Book Illustration |
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dc.subject |
Classical Tradition |
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dc.subject |
Classical Tradition |
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dc.subject |
Editorial Technique |
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dc.subject |
Editorial Technique |
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dc.subject |
Illumination |
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dc.subject |
Illumination |
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dc.subject |
Incunables |
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dc.subject |
Incunables |
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dc.subject |
Italian Humanism |
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dc.subject |
Italian Humanism |
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dc.subject |
Manuscripts |
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dc.subject |
Manuscripts |
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