The contribution deals with the Tractatus de ordine stellarum fixarum (Prague, National Library, XXVI A 3, c. 1405, fol. 1r–48r). Chosen parts of this text containing ancient star myths are edited here, translated into Czech and compared with Hyginus’ treatise De astronomia for the first time.
The contribution deals with the Tractatus de ordine stellarum fixarum (Prague, National Library, XXVI A 3, c. 1405, fol. 1r–48r). Chosen parts of this text containing ancient star myths are edited here, translated into Czech and compared with Hyginus’ treatise De astronomia for the first time.
The contribution deals with the Tractatus de ordine stellarum fixarum (Prague, National Library, XXVI A 3, c. 1405, fol. 1r–48r). Chosen parts of this text containing ancient star myths are edited here, translated into Czech and compared with Hyginus’ treatise De astronomia for the first time.
The article outlines the book culture of the Rudolphine period on the examples of several works by Tycho Brahe (Instruments of the Renewed Astronomy), Johannes Kepler (Somnium: The Dream, or Posthumous Work on Lunar Astronomy; Conversation with the Starry Messenger) and
Galileo Galilei (The Starry Messenger). It is based on both research outcomes that have already been published and those that are being prepared for printing.