Antiquity Studies

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

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 en, fr, it

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