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

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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