Latin scientific literature, 1450-1850 /
"This book provides the first overview of the vast natural scientific literature written and published in Latin in the early modern era. During this period, the emergence of what ultimately became modern science took place mainly in Latin, the international language of educated discourse. Hundr...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2023]
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| Series: | Oxford-Warburg studies.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Series page
- 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.