Alessandro Piccolomini's Early Astronomical Works: I. An Exploration of Their Cultural Significance

Alessandro Piccolomini's Early Astronomical Works: I. An Exploration of Their Cultural Significance

With Editions and Translations of De la Sfera del Mondo and De le Stelle Fisse

Lippincott, Kristen

Springer International Publishing AG

09/2024

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9783031567858

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Preface and Acknowledgements



Chapter I. Alessandro Piccolomini and the background to his astronomical treatises



Chapter II. Piccolomini's Aim and Ambitions: Considering the dedications of De la Sfera del Mondo and De le Stelle Fisse



Chapter III. Revealing and concealing: Piccolomini's nickname and imprese



Chapter IV. Musings on the successes and shortcomings of Piccolomini's methods







Chapter V. De la Sfera del Mondo - by Kristen Lippincott with Marco Spreafico



ESM I.I De la Sfera del Mondo (1540)



ESM I.II Aggiunte to the 1561 Varisco edition



ESM I.III English translation of De la Sfera del Mondo (1540)



ESM I.IV English translation of the Aggiunte to the 1561 Varisco edition



De le Stelle Fisse - by Kristen Lippincott



ESM II.I De le Stelle Fisse (1540)



ESM II.II English translation of De le Stelle Fisse (1540)







APPENDIX I: Editions and partial editions of the De la Sfera del Mondo and De le Stelle Fisse (1540-1600)



APPENDIX II: a. 'Lessons in Astronomy and Astrology' from Piccolomini's De la



institutions di Tutta la Vita del'homo nato nobile in citta libera...,



1542 (edition and English translation



b. Alessandro Piccolomini's letter to Pietro Aretino. 20 March 1541



(edition and English translation)







APPENDIX III: a. Laudomia Forteguerri, Ora ten' vai superbo



b. Alessandro Piccolomini: A selection of early Petrarchan sonnets







APPENDIX IV: Two astrological poems

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History of astronomy (16th century);Teaching of astronomy in 16th-century Italy;Celestial cartography;Sacrobosco, De Sphaera;Laudomia Forteguerri;Italian Academies of the 16th century;Book trade and publishing in 16th-century Venice;Women's education/reading in the Renaissance;The 'vulgarisation' of scientific texts in the 16th century