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Latin scientific literature, 1450-1850 / Martin Korenjak.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Korenjak, Martin, author.
- Series:
- Oxford-Warburg studies.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford-Warburg studies
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scientific literature--History.
- Scientific literature.
- Latin literature, Medieval and modern--History and criticism.
- Latin literature, Medieval and modern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (761 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- During the early modern period, the emergence of modern science took place mainly in Latin, the international language of educated discourse. However, the Latin literature in which most new insights were presented at that time has never been studied as a whole and in its own right. This book provides the first overview of this vast body of texts.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication page
- Preface
- Contents
- List of figures
- Introduction
- Subject and state of research
- Aim and coverage
- Synopsis
- A note on terminology
- Part I. Contexts
- 1. Science
- An era of change
- People and institutions
- Intellectual context
- Disciplines
- 2. Latin
- Historical overview
- Latin as the language of early modern science
- Latin and other languages of science
- Demise and persistence
- The lexical peculiarity of scientific Latin
- 3. Literature
- 'Literature' in premodern times
- The place of scientific texts
- The literary form of scientific texts
- 4. Print
- Early modern print
- The printed scientific book
- Part II. Texts
- 5. Making sources accessible
- Translations
- Commentaries
- Technical dictionaries
- Bibliographies
- Reviews
- 6. Presenting facts
- Letters
- Reports
- Journal articles
- 'Historiae'
- Table works
- 7. Arguing
- Dialogues
- Dissertations
- Monographs
- 8. Summarizing knowledge
- Pandects
- Compendia
- Textbooks
- 9. Publicizing science
- Didactic poems
- Panegyrical poems
- Biographies
- Orations
- Conclusion
- Towards modern scientific literature
- What next?
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Subject Index.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2023.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 31, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Korenjak, Martin Latin Scientific Literature, 1450-1850
- ISBN:
- 0-19-189829-5
- 0-19-263559-X
- 0-19-263558-1
- OCLC:
- 1395918762
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