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

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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