Astronomical knowledge transmission through illustrated Aratea manuscripts / Marion Dolan.

Preface; Contents; List of Figures; 1 Background and Objectives; Abstract; The Transmission of Aratea Manuscripts; Significance of the Astronomical Poem; Significance of the Research; Biography of Aratus of Soli; The Phaenomena: Text and Structure of the Poem; The Proem; The Constellations; The Planets; The Measurement of Time; The Weather Signs; The Conclusion; Reception and Influence of the Phaenomena in the Hellenistic World; The Latin Arateans; Marcus Tullius Cicero and the Aratea; Germanicus Julius Caesar and the Aratea; Rufus Festus Avienus and the Aratea

Reception and Influence of the Phaenomena in the Roman WorldAstronomy, Astrology, and Catasterism in Imperial Rome; Germanicus and Ovid's Fasti; Text History of the Phaenomena; The Aratus Latinus; Misinterpretations of the Phaenomena and the Arateans; References; 2 Possible Classical Models for Aratea Illustrations; Abstract; Codex-Calendar of 354; Aratus and the Art of Celestial Globes; Astronomical Art in the Cult of Mithra; Zodiacal Mosaics in the Roman World; Zodiacal Art in Ancient Jewish Synagogues; The Zodiacal Mosaic at Beth Alpha Synagogue; Synagogue at En Gedi

Synagogue at Hammat TiberiasSynagogue at Husifa or Ishya; Synagogue at Khirbet Susyia; Synagogue at Na'aran Yafiha; Synagogue at Sepphoris; Interpretations of Zodiacal Artwork in Jewish Synagogues; Zodiacal Mosaics in Early Christianity; Christ as Apollo; Late Antique and Early Christian Scroll Illustrations; Illustrations in Epic Poetry Codices; References; 3 Astronomical Knowledge Transmission Through Illustrated Aratea Manuscript; Abstract; Authors of Astronomical Texts Accompanied with Constellation Illustrations from the First to the Twelfth Century

Astronomical Writings of Claudius PtolemyManuscripts of Pliny the Elder; Manuscripts of Marcus Manilius; Illustrated Manuscripts of Gaius Julius Hyginus; New York Public Library, Spencer Collection MS 28; Illustrated Manuscripts of Martianus Capella; Illustrated Manuscripts of Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius; Illustrated Manuscripts of Isidore of Seville; Isidore of Seville; Isidore's De Natura Rerum; Isidore's Etymologiae; Illustrated Manuscripts of Bede; Bede's De Temporibus; Bede's De Natura Rerum; Bede's De Temporum Ratione; De Signis Coeli of Pseudo-Bede

Astronomical Illustrations of Hrabanus MaurusLetters of Lupus of Ferrières; Astronomical Illustrations in the Liber Floridus of St Omer; References; 4 The Transmission of Astronomy and Astrology in the Medieval Islamic World; Abstract; Arabic Astronomical and Astrological Manuscripts; Arabic Translation Movement; The House of Wisdom; Astronomy, Astrology, and Islamic Religion; Arabic Manuscripts and the Production of Paper; The World's Oldest Surviving Star Map; Arabic Astronomical Manuscripts; Astrology in the Islamic World; Arabic Astronomers and Astrologers