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