Article ID: CBB042930100

Scientific interactions in colonial, multilinguistic, and interreligious contexts: Venetian Crete and the manuscript Marcianus latinus VIII.31 (2614). A preliminary study (2021)

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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multilinguistic, and interreligious contexts in the Eastern Mediterranean for at least two reasons: (a) it contains an unpublished translation into Latin of a popular Byzantine handbook on how to use a set of astronomical tables stemming from Islamic sources, namely the so-called Paradosis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.

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Authors & Contributors
Owen, Abigail
Welch, Anna
Bardi, Alberto
Manning, Patrick
Krafft, Fritz
Kern, Darcy
Concepts
Manuscripts
Primary literature (historical sources)
Translations
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Medicine
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Time Periods
Medieval
15th century
Renaissance
16th century
Ancient
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
Places
Europe
China
Oxford (England)
Melbourne (Victoria, Australia)
England
Mediterranean region
Institutions
Oxford University
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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