Certissima signa
A Venice Conference on Greek and Latin Astronomical Texts
open access | peer reviewed
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edited by
- Filippomaria Pontani - Ca' Foscari University of Venice - 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 Classical Tradition • Pythagoreanism • Book illustration • Celestial mythology • Circumference of the earth • Marciana National Library, Venice • Illumination • Catalogues and Shelfmarks • Manuel Bryenne • Classics • Renaissance • Ancient and Modern • Ptolemy • Harmonica • Astronomy • Cosmography • Ancient Greek Music • Zenith star method • Computer-assisted Critical Editions • Book Illustration • Editorial Technique • Astronomical illustration • Incunables Classical tradition • Authorities • Medieval astronomy • Astronomical Manuscripts • Owners and provenances • Incunables • Eratosthenes • Star iconography • Illuminated manuscripts • Italian Humanism • Aldine Press • Diagram • Mediaeval astronomy • Castasterism • Harmony of the spheres • Cristannus De Prachaticz • Hyginus • Hipparchus • Digital Stemmatology • Astrothesy • Manuscripts • Ancient constellations • Astronomical ancient printed books • Italian humanism • Aratus • Medieval manuscripts • Treatises on Astrolabe • Constellations • Aratean tradition • History of Libraries • Astral Mythology • Ancient astronomy
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
Subseries Filologia e letteratura e-ISSN 2610-9352 ISSN 2610-8836
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