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Arati Solensis
Second
latin edition of this book, first published in
(References
: Houzeau.-L. 772; Warner, Sky explored p. 272; The
only existent works of the Greek poet Aratus of Soli (ca. 315-245 BCE) are
two poems written in hexamaters. The Phaenomena imitates a prose work on
astronomy by Aratus contemporary Eudoxus of Cnidus, while the Diosemeia
discusses weather prognostication drawing chiefly from Theophrastus.
Aratus poems attracted the favourable notice of distinguished specialists,
such as Hipparchus, who wrote commentaries upon it. The present work is
based upon the early Latin translations of Cicero, Avienus, and Germanicus
Caesar. Hyginus
Poeticon Astronomicon, a first century before Christ work on the mythical
origins of the zodiac figures and based upon the writing of Aratus and
Eratosthenes, has been included as a kind of thematic commentary. The
elegantly wrought 48 woodcuts of constellations and astronomical
allegories included in this book resemble the figures from the charts of
Albrecht Dürer (Imagines coeli Septentrionales and Imagines coeli
Meridionales 1515). Although the star figures in the book are anonymous,
they are strikingly similar to the illustrations in Theodore Graminaeus
book “Erklaerung oder Auszlegung eines Cometen ( The
stars included are identified by Arabic numerals corresponding with
positions in the Ptolemaic catalog. Aratus refrains from giving an
explanation of the planetary movements, apparently because of their
complicated nature and the difficulty of calculating their conjunction. Some
other copies of this book can be found in libraries, such as the British
Library, the Wellcome Library and the Biblioteca Guido Horn d’ Arturo.
LEGGI DI Arnaud ZUCKER (U.N.S., Cepam UMR 6130)
Diversi Cycles in
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Costellazioni Ursa Major Draco et Ursa Minor En Gonasin Ophiucus et Serpens Bootes Virgo Gemini Cancer Leo Auriga Taurus Cepheus Cassiepeia Andromeda Pegasus Equulus Aries Trigonum Pisces Perseus Lyra Olor Aquarius Capricornus Sagittarius Libra et Scorpius Sagitta Aquila Delphinus Orion Canis Maior Lepus Argos Cetus Flumen Piscis Austrinus Ara Centaurus et Lupus Hydra, Crater et Corvum Minor Canis
Planetae L'immagine De Venere è stata utilizzata dal poeta Giancarlo Majorino per una intervista rilasciata alla rivista Le Stelle e pubblicata sul numero di Agosto - Settembre 2004
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Altre rappresentazioni dell'Aratea o di Igino
CONFRONTA CON
Poeticon Astronomicon, Basileae 1570
Johann Conrad Schaubach Eratosthenis Catasterismi cum interpretatione latina et commentario Gottingae 1795
Hugo Grotius Syntagma arateorum, Leiden 1600
Hyginus Arhard
Ratdolt, Venezia 1485
f. 10v
di FELICE STOPPA
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