Antiquity Studies

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A Venice Conference on Greek and Latin Astronomical Texts

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

Thema codes DSBB • NKX • 1QBA • 3K

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 fr, en, it

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