Astronomy

This paper is a preliminary study focused on the astronomical manuscript Marcianus latinus VIII.31 (2614) and its socio‐historical context of use and production, the Venetian colony of Crete in the 15th century. It is a relevant source for the study of scientific interactions in colonial, multilinguistic, and interreligious contexts in the Eastern Mediterranean for at least two reasons: (a) it contains an unpublished translation into Latin of a popular Byzantine handbook on how to use a set of astronomical tables stemming from Islamic sources, namely the so‐called Paradosis of the Persian Tables, a work extensively copied and annotated by very significant Byzantine and Jewish scholars active in Constantinople; and (b) it provides evidence of a Byzantine product being the object of exchange in the interactions between Christians and Jews in the Cretan territory under Venetian rule.

show abstract

De la bibliographie autour de Bessarion : perspectives et pistes ouvertes à la recherche. Une première approche

Delli¹

2021

Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Astronomy

Cited by 3 publications

References 386 publications

The Four Seas of Medieval Mediterranean Intellectual History

The Four Seas of Medieval Mediterranean Intellectual History

Scientific interactions in colonial, multilinguistic, and interreligious contexts:VenetianCrete and the manuscriptMarcianus latinusVIII.31 (2614). A preliminary study

De la bibliographie autour de Bessarion : perspectives et pistes ouvertes à la recherche. Une première approche

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About