Astronomical Knowledge Transmission Through Illustrated Aratea Manuscripts (historical & Cultural Astronomy)
by Marion Dolan /
2017 / English / EPUB
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This carefully researched monograph is a historical investigation
of the illustrated
This carefully researched monograph is a historical investigation
of the illustratedAratea
Arateaastronomical
manuscript and its many interpretations over the
centuries
astronomical
manuscript and its many interpretations over the
centuries.
. Aratus' 270 B.C.E. Greek poem describing
the constellations and astrological
phenomena was translated and copied over 800 years into
illuminated manuscripts that preserved and illustrated these
ancient stories about the constellations. The
Aratus' 270 B.C.E. Greek poem describing
the constellations and astrological
phenomena was translated and copied over 800 years into
illuminated manuscripts that preserved and illustrated these
ancient stories about the constellations. TheAratea
Aratea
survives in its entirety due to multiple translations from Greek
to Latin and even to Arabic, with many illuminated versions being
commissioned over the ages. The survey encompasses four
interrelated disciplines: history of literature, history of myth,
history of science, and history of
art.
survives in its entirety due to multiple translations from Greek
to Latin and even to Arabic, with many illuminated versions being
commissioned over the ages. The survey encompasses four
interrelated disciplines: history of literature, history of myth,
history of science, and history of
art.Aratea
Aratea manuscripts by their nature are a
meeting place of these distinct branches, and the culling of
information from historical literature and from the manuscripts
themselves focuses on a wider, holistic view; a narrow approach
could not provide a proper prospective. What is most
essential to know about this work is that because of its
successive incarnations it has survived and been reinterpreted
through the centuries, which speaks to its importance in all of
these disciplines.
manuscripts by their nature are a
meeting place of these distinct branches, and the culling of
information from historical literature and from the manuscripts
themselves focuses on a wider, holistic view; a narrow approach
could not provide a proper prospective. What is most
essential to know about this work is that because of its
successive incarnations it has survived and been reinterpreted
through the centuries, which speaks to its importance in all of
these disciplines.
This book brings a better understanding of the history, changes
and transmission of the original
astronomical Phaenomena poem. Historians, art
historians, astronomy lovers, and historians of astronomy will
learn more specialized details concerning the A
This book brings a better understanding of the history, changes
and transmission of the original
astronomical Phaenomena poem. Historians, art
historians, astronomy lovers, and historians of astronomy will
learn more specialized details concerning the Aratea
ratea and
how the tradition survived from the Middle Ages. It is a credit
to the poetry of Aratus and the later interpreters of the text
that its pagan aspects were not edited nor removed, but respected
and maintained in the exact same form despite the fact that all
sixty
and
how the tradition survived from the Middle Ages. It is a credit
to the poetry of Aratus and the later interpreters of the text
that its pagan aspects were not edited nor removed, but respected
and maintained in the exact same form despite the fact that all
sixtyAratea
Aratea manuscripts mentioned in this study were
produced under the rule of Christianity.
manuscripts mentioned in this study were
produced under the rule of Christianity.