Emilie Savage-Smith

Ranee Katzenstein

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.

Ancient Constellations in a Medieval Manuscript

The Leiden Aratea

David S. Zeidberg

Recently, exhibitions at the J. Paul Getty Museum and at UCLA displayed the rich character and diversity of Bibles—both in terms of illuminated manuscripts and printed copies over the course of a thousand years of human history. The text of this companion volume discusses the origins of the Bible, the Latin versions of the Bible, and the Bible in the liturgy and in late medieval literature. Complete with numerous illustrations this book will be valuable to anyone with an interest in the history of the Bible.

Ranee Katzenstein

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