Astronomical Knowledge Transmission Through Illustrated Arate... - 9783319860008

Astronomical Knowledge Transmission Through Illustrated Aratea ManuscriptsAuthor(s): Marion Dolan\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Springer International Publishing AG\nISBN-13: 9783319860008, 978-3319860008\nSynopsis\nThis carefully researched monograph is a historical investigation of the illustratedArateaastronomical manuscript and its many interpretations over the centuries. Aratus' 270 [url] Greekpoem describing the constellations and astrological phenomenawastranslated and copied over 800 years into illuminated manuscriptsthat 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 [url] survey encompasses four interrelated disciplines: history of literature, history of myth, history of science, and history of [url] by their nature are a meet.