Author: Ranee Katzenstein
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 0892361425
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
This is a guide to a ninth-century astronomical treatise, the Aratea, on loan from the University of Leiden and exhibited at the Museum. The book describes the manuscript, as a text. Subsequent chapters discuss ancient conceptions of the universe, the zodiacal signs, and the Planetarium miniatures. All miniatures from the manuscript are illustrated.