The reappearance of Galileo's original Letter to Benedetto Castelli
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20315099 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michele Camerota (via Is Mirrionis 1, 09123 Cagliari, Italy 1), Franco Salvatore Giudice (University of Bergamo), Franco Giudice (via Pignolo 123, 24121 Bergamo, Italy 2), Salvatore Ricciardo (via Pignolo 123, 24121 Bergamo, Italy 2, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 11-28 |
| Publication date | 2019-03-20 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Notes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0035-9149 • E-ISSN: 1743-0178 |
| Publisher | The Royal Society (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1098/rsnr.2018.0053 |
| PMID | 31485087 |
| OpenAlex | W2898203969 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This article describes an important manuscript discovered recently in the Royal Society archives, and presents evidence that it is the holograph of Galileo's Letter to Benedetto Castelli of 21 December 1613. It was in this letter that Galileo first set out his ideas on the relation between science and religion, and defended Copernican astronomy from charges of being contrary to the Holy Scriptures. The text of the Letter has hitherto been known only through manuscript copies, namely the 12 used by Antonio Favaro in his critical edition of 1895. Despite his magisterial work, Favaro did not manage to locate Galileo's autograph and was forced to rely exclusively on copies. The Letter to Castelli preserved at the Royal Society is of remarkable interest. By comparison with the other extant manuscript copies by different hands, its wording seems to be theologically more daring and compromising. The discovery of this autograph is therefore one of the most important in Galilean studies in recent decades, shedding new light on his intricate relations with the Roman Catholic Church in these years
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| Citations per year | 0.43 |
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| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |