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

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 | Pubblicato 01 Settembre 2017 | Lingua fr, en, it

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