A Scholarly Intermediary between the Ottoman Empire and Renaissance Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7527749 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Morrison (0000-0001-5521-491X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 105 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 32-57 |
| Publication date | 2014-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Isis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-1753 • E-ISSN: 1545-6994 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/675550 |
| PMID | 24855871 |
| OpenAlex | W2049198749 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 18 |
This essay studies Moses Galeano, a Jewish scholar with ties to Crete and the Ottoman Sultan's court, who traveled to the Veneto around 1500. After describing Galeano's intellectual milieu, it focuses, first, on circumstantial evidence that he transmitted information central to the rise of Renaissance astronomy. Galeano knew of theories that strongly resemble portions of astronomy texts written by Giovanni Battista Amico and Girolamo Fracastoro at Padua a few decades later. He also knew about theories pioneered by the Damascene Ibn al-Shāţir (d. 1375) that strongly resemble portions of Copernicus's work. Next, the article turns to concrete evidence showing that Galeano was part of a network of Jewish scholars who did have contact with Christian scholars in Europe. The essay concludes that, while it is impossible to prove that Galeano had direct contact with Copernicus, he most likely had contact with some European astronomer(s) in the Veneto
Ancient history · Art · Art history · Empire · Ottoman empire · Political science · Politics · The Renaissance · Classics · History · Latin American history and culture · Law
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,7 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2023 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |