The fourteen contributions in this volume provide a broad coverage of astronomical traditions throughout Eurasia and North Africa, which, with very few exceptions, find their roots in the mathematical astronomy of Ptolemy.

This book is the first comprehensive publication on Scottish portraiture from the period 1644 to 1714, with an emphasis on the painters David Scougall (1625-1685), and his son John Scougall (1657-1737).

Ce volume propose une série de contributions sur les figures d’enseignants, leur statut social et leurs méthodes d’enseignement, tout en interrogeant les modalités de circulation de la culture grecque dans le monde romain des Ier-IVe s. ap. J.-C.