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Alfonsine astronomy : the written record
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ISBN: 9782503595214 9782503595207 Year: 2022 Publisher: Turnhout Brepols

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Editing and analysing numerical tables : towards a digital information system for the history of astral sciences
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ISBN: 9782503596068 Year: 2022 Publisher: Turnhout Brepols

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Astronomical tables are a significant yet understudied part of the scientific historical corpus. They circulated among many cultures, and were adopted and transformed by astronomical practitioners for a variety of purposes. The numerical data conveyed in these tables provides rich evidence for pre-modern scientific practices. In the last fifty years, new approaches to the analysis and critical editing of astronomical tables have flourished due to advances in computing power and associated modern mathematical tools. In more recent times, the rapid growth of digital humanities and modern data analysis promises exciting further developments in this area. The present collection of studies on astronomical tables captures this momentum. It is a result of long-term collaborative work on building a database of astronomical tables and other objects found in manuscripts, released under the name DISHAS (Digital Information System for the History of Astral Sciences). The fourteen contributions in this volume provide a broad coverage of astronomical traditions throughout Eurasia and North Africa, which, with very few exceptions, find their roots in the mathematical astronomy of Ptolemy. The contributions include critical editions of previously unexamined astronomical tables along with insightful mathematical analyses, as well as reflective methodological surveys that open up new perspectives for research on these fundamental sources for the history of mathematics and astronomy.

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Manuscripts and Performances in Religions, Arts, and Sciences.
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ISBN: 3111343553 Year: 2023 Publisher: Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH,

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Throughout history, manuscripts have been made and used for religious, artistic, and scientific performances, and this practice continues in most cultures today. By focusing on the role manuscripts have in different kinds of performances, this volume contributes to the evolving field of investigating written artefacts and their functions.The collected essays regard manuscripts as points of intersection where textual, material, and performative aspects converge. The contributors analyse manuscripts in their forms and functions as well as their positioning in the performances for which they were made. These aspects unfold across the volume's three sections, examining how manuscripts are (1) used backstage, for preparing and giving instructions for performances; (2) taken onstage, contributing to the enactment of performances; and (3) performers in their own right, producing an effect on the audience.The diversified, interdisciplinary, and innovative methodologies of the included papers carry great potential to expand the traditional approaches of manuscript studies and find application outside the contributors' respective fields.


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Savoirs profanes dans les ordres mendiants en Italie (XIIIe-XVe siècle)

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"Les ordres mendiants (Franciscains, Dominicains mais aussi Ermites de saint Augustin ou Carmes) ont joué un rôle majeur dans la production du savoir à la fin du Moyen Âge. Auteurs de nombreux ouvrages dans tous les domaines de la culture, ils ont aussi largement contribué à la diffusion des manuscrits et des idées ainsi qu'à l'approfondissement des disciplines, grâce aux lieux d'enseignement et de débat abrités dans les couvents. Or, si ces ordres ont été largement étudiés pour leurs apports en théologie, leur place dans le développement des savoirs dits profanes, c'est-à-dire non liés à leur vocation religieuse, a été moins souvent abordée. Tout autant producteurs que passeurs de savoirs, les Mendiants ont contribué de manière décisive à la redéfinition et à l'essor des disciplines enseignées dans les universités ou pratiquées dans les cours. En se concentrant sur l'Italie, laboratoire intellectuel et culturel de la fin du Moyen Âge et du début de la Renaissance, ce volume cherche à comprendre leur importance dans plusieurs domaines essentiels de la culture des débuts de la Modernité, notamment les arts libéraux, les sciences de la nature, la littérature, la rhétorique ou encore la géographie."--


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Exploring Written Artefacts : Objects, Methods, and Concepts
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ISBN: 9783110753301 3110753308 3110745453 Year: 2021 Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter,

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This collection, presented to Michael Friedrich in honour of his academic career at of the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, traces key concepts that scholars associated with the Centre have developed and refined for the systematic study of manuscript cultures. At the same time, the contributions showcase the possibilities of expanding the traditional subject of 'manuscripts' to the larger perspective of 'written artefacts'.

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