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SUMMARY:Kepler's Temple of Urania in the light of Hebenstreit's Idyll - Ni
 ck Jardine (Department of History and Philosophy of Science)
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CONTACT:Helen Curry
DESCRIPTION:The frontispiece of Kepler's _Tabulae rudolphinae_ (1627) show
 s a temple of Urania (the muse of astronomy)\, liberally equipped with ast
 ronomers ancient and modern\, goddesses\, diagrams\, inscriptions\, and co
 ins scattered from the beak of the Imperial eagle hovering above. It is ac
 companied by a 458 hexameter explanatory _Idyllion_ by Johann Baptist Hebe
 nstreit (Rector of the Ulm gymnasium). The frontispiece has attracted exte
 nsive attention in the secondary literature\, the poem much less\, perhaps
  because it is difficult and elaborate. After saying a little about what i
 s known of the circumstances of production of the image and poem\, I shall
  consider the ways in which Hebenstreit handles the main themes of the ima
 ge: the progress of astronomy through the ages\, the roles of instruments 
 and observations\, the battle of the world systems\, and the production of
  the _Tabulae rudolphinae_ under Imperial patronage. I shall also speculat
 e on the significances of certain notable omissions and apparent misrepres
 entations. This talk is based on the work of a team including also Elisabe
 th Leedham-Green\, Christopher Lewis and Isla Fay.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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