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

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, it, en

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