Screen LibraryGalileo's sidereus nuncius: a comparison of the proof copy (new york) with other paradigmatic copies (vol. I). needham: galileo makes a book: the first edition of sidereus nuncius, venice 1610 (vol. II) /
der "Sternenbote", Galileo Galileis im Jahre 1610 in Venedig publizierter Sidereus Nuncius, hat ebenso Geschichte geschrieben wie Kopernikus De revolutionibus und Newtons Principia. Erstmals wurde hier durch die Nutzung des Teleskopes deutlich, dass G
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der "Sternenbote", Galileo Galileis im Jahre 1610 in Venedig publizierter Sidereus Nuncius, hat ebenso Geschichte geschrieben wie Kopernikus De revolutionibus und Newtons Principia. Erstmals wurde hier durch die Nutzung des Teleskopes deutlich, dass G Galileo Galilei s Sidereus Nuncius or "Sidereal Messenger" published in Venice in 1610, is one of those books that rewrote history, as did Copernicus De revolutionibus and Newton s Principia. Its author s use of the telescope made it clear for the first time that celestial bodies like the moon have a surface just as craggy as Earth s. Galilei also realized that planets such as Jupiter form the center of their own planetary systems. His book would transform humanity s view of the cosmos forever. Afraid that his competitors would publish before he did, Galilei produced his work as if pursued by furies. Eight weeks after he wrote the first line it was on the market as a finished book. The first parts were already in the printer s workshop before the second part had been either researched or written. Traces of his breathless haste are apparent from the first to the last page but also add to the book s inimitable charm. It is all the more surprising then, that the Sidereus Nuncius impact and influence has been studied but its physical origins as a book have not been. The most fundamental of questions, such as those of the book s printer, the material of its paper and the quality of its printed illustrations, have so far not even been raised, much less answered. The first volume presents the analyses made jointly by a group of paper analysts, materials scientists and book historians from the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (Stiftung Preu ischer Kulturbesitz), the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (Bundesanstalt f r Materialforschung), the Technische Universit t Berlin, the Humboldt Universit t zu Berlin, the Graz University Library (Universit tsbi |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource(441pages) |
| ISBN: | 9783050062402 |
| Index Number: | Z156 |
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Front Matter -- Volume I: The New York Sidereus Nuncius -- Volume I: The Sidereus Nuncius in Federico Cesi's Library -- Volume I: The Signature Inscription -- Volume I: The Signature and Moon Outline Inks -- Volume I: Bistre in the Drawing Process -- Volume I: The Black Deposit -- Volume I: The Drawings: The Example of Page 8r -- Volume I: II Turning the Pages of the New York Sidereus Nuncius -- Volume I: The Photographs -- Volume I: III From the Drawings to the Etchings -- Volume I: The Example of the Large Crater -- Volume I: Digital Image Analysis -- Volume I: Modeling the Transfer -- Volume I: Printing the Etchings -- Volume I: Galileo's Break with the Venetian Woodcut -- Volume I: Performance of the Etchings -- Volume I: IV The Printing Materials -- Volume I: The Paper -- Volume I: The Letterpress Printing Inks -- Volume I: The Page Layout -- Volume I: Watermark Distribution in Selected Copies -- Volume I: The Example of the Graz Copy -- Volume I: V Afterword -- Volume I: The Fingerprints and Other Discoveries -- Volume II -- Volume II: Introduction -- Volume II: I. January 1610 -- Volume II: II. Structure, Format and Paper of Sidereus Nuncius -- Volume II: III. Printing Materials -- Volume II: IV. Design and Layout -- Volume II: V. The Sidereus Nuncius Autograph Dossier -- Volume II: VI. Quire B -- Volume II: VII. Quire C -- Volume II: VIII. The Moon Etchings -- Volume II: IX. Quire D -- Volume II: X. Quires E-F-G -- Volume II: XI. Parallel Printing and Running Titles (with David Vander Meulen) -- Volume II: XII. Quire A; The Completed Book -- Volume II: XIII. The Martayan Lan Proof Copy -- Volume II: XIV. Publication and Distribution; Galileo's Presentations -- Volume II: Appendix -- Back Matter |