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

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

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