Astronomical Knowledge Transmission Through Illustrated Aratea Manuscripts (eBook)
XXIV, 464 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-56784-6 (ISBN)
This carefully researched monograph is a historical investigation of the illustrated Aratea 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 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. 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.
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 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 Aratea manuscripts mentioned in this study were produced under the rule of Christianity.
Marion Dolan is a retired professor, having taught at University of Pittsburgh and Carlow University, Pittsburgh, as an adjunct in the department of History of Art and Architecture for over twelve years. Her BS degree was earned in the History and Philosophy of Science, concentrating on Astronomy. She received a MFA and a PhD in History of Art and Architecture, specializing in scientific medieval manuscripts, all from the University of Pittsburgh. She spent a year writing her doctoral dissertation, The Role of the Aratea in the Transmission of Astronomical Knowledge in the Middle Ages, and two preceding years researching and inspecting medieval astronomical and Aratea manuscripts in European libraries. Her research also resulted in the publication of an historical novel, The Silence of Heresy, based on the life of Frederick II.
Marion Dolan is a retired professor, having taught at University of Pittsburgh and Carlow University, Pittsburgh, as an adjunct in the department of History of Art and Architecture for over twelve years. Her BS degree was earned in the History and Philosophy of Science, concentrating on Astronomy. She received a MFA and a PhD in History of Art and Architecture, specializing in scientific medieval manuscripts, all from the University of Pittsburgh. She spent a year writing her doctoral dissertation, The Role of the Aratea in the Transmission of Astronomical Knowledge in the Middle Ages, and two preceding years researching and inspecting medieval astronomical and Aratea manuscripts in European libraries. Her research also resulted in the publication of an historical novel, The Silence of Heresy, based on the life of Frederick II.
Chapter 1: Background and Objectives.- Chapter 2: Possible Classical Models for Aratea Illustrations.- Chapter 3: Astronomical Knowledge Transmission Through Illustrated Aratea Manuscript.- Chapter 4: The Transmission of Astronomy and Astrology in the Medieval Islamic World.- Chapter 5: Introduction of Arabic Astronomy and Illustrative Traditions to the Latin West.- Chapter 6: Astronomical Symbolism in the Carolingian Period.- Chapter 7: Ninth-Century Aratea Manuscripts.- Chapter 8: Analysis and Conclusions.- Appendices.- Bibliography.- Index.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.8.2017 |
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Reihe/Serie | Historical & Cultural Astronomy | Historical & Cultural Astronomy |
Zusatzinfo | XXIV, 464 p. 117 illus., 116 illus. in color. |
Verlagsort | Cham |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik | |
Schlagworte | Ancient manuscripts in Middle ages • Arabic astronomical manuscripts • Aratus’ Phaenomena • Cicero's Aratea • germanicus illustrations • Italian Renaissance astronomy manuscripts • Manuscript collection of aratea • Medieval copying tradition in science |
ISBN-10 | 3-319-56784-5 / 3319567845 |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-56784-6 / 9783319567846 |
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