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A Venice Conference on Greek and Latin Astronomical Texts

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

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 en, fr, it

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