References
In many cases, there is a very limited corpus of literature dealing with the identifications of constellations.
Dictionaries and Tools
| Citation Form | Bibliography |
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| Blume, Haffner, Metzger (2012/16) | Blume, Dieter; Haffner, Mechthild and Metzger, Wolfgang, Der gemalte Himmel zwischen Wissenschaft und Phantasie. (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2012/ 2016)
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| Delporte (1930) | Delporte, Eugène, Délimitation scientifique des constellations (tables et cartes) (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1930) -- published on behalf of the International Research Council of the International Astronomical Union. |
| Dekker (2013) | Dekker, Elly, Illustrating the Phaenomena: Celestial Cartography in Antiquity and the Middle Ages (Oxford: Oxford University Press) ISBN 978-0-19-960969-7. |
| Gössmann (1950) | Gössmann, Felix, Planetarium Babylonicum oder Die sumerisch-babylonischen Stern-Namen (Rome: Verlag des Päpstl. Bibelinstituts, 1950 [= Šumerisches Lexikon, Teil IV, Band 2]) [online link]. |
| Haffner, Blume, Metzger | Dieter Blume; Mechthild Haffner; Wolfgang Metzger |
| Kanas (2012, 2019) | Kanas, Nick (2012, 2019). Star Maps. History, Artistry, and Cartography, Springer Science & Business Media, ISBN 1461409179, 9781461409175 https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-13613-0. |
| Kurtik (2007) | Куртик, Г.Е., Звездное небо Древней Месопотамии. Шумеро-аккадские названия созвездий и других светил [The Star Heaven of Ancient Mesopotamia: Sumero-Akkadian Names of Constellations and Other Heavenly Bodies] (St. Petersburg: Aletejja, 2007) [online link]. |
| Pan Nai (2009) | Pān Nài [潘鼐], Zhōngguó Héngxīng Guāncè Shǐ [中国恒星观测史] (Shanghai: Xuélín Chūbǎnshè, 2009) [online link] -- revised edition of a work first published in 1989. |
| Ridpath (1988, 2018) | Ridpath, Ian, Star Tales (Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 1988) ISBN 0-7188-2695-7 [Internet Archive link] -- a revised and expanded edition was published in 2018 [ISBN 978-07188-9478-8] -- online version on Ridpath's website. |
| Warner (1979) | Warner, Deborah Jean, The Sky Explored: Celestial Cartography 1500-1800 (New York / Amsterdam: Alan R. Liss, Inc. / Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., 1979) ISBN 90-221-2003-1. |
| Zotti et al. (2020). | Zotti, Georg; Hoffmann, Susanne M.; Wolf, Alexander; Chéreau, Fabien & Chéreau, Guillaume, "The Simulated Sky: Stellarium for Cultural Astronomy Research", Journal of Skyscape Archaeology, 6(2) (2020), 221--258 https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.17822. |
Library
Babylonian
The dictionary of Babylonian celestial names had been compiled by G. Kurtik (2007) based on Gössmann (1950). Kurtik's version is much improved and enriched, however it has been reworked by himself until his death in April 2023 and further reworked and translated to English by the research group led by Wayne Horowitz and Susanne M. Hoffmann.
As we present them here, the references for the Babylonian Sky Culture are so rich that they need to go to another website.
Chinese
| Citation Form | Bibliography |
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| Rufus & Hsing-chih T'ien (1945) | Rufus, Will Carl & Hsing-chih T'ien, The Soochow Astronomical Chart (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1945) [HathTtrust link]. |
Greco-Roman
The dictionary of Greco-Roman celestial names is compiled by members of the IAU WGSN.
The original sources are compiled in a separate page.
Early Modern
Secondary literature (modern authors who write about specific cases of identifications or constellation history) is collected on a separate page.
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| Lodewijcksz (1598) | Lodewijcksz, Willem, D'eerste boeck. Historie van Indien, waer inne verhaelt is de avontueren die de Hollandtsche schepen bejeghent zijn ...: Daer by ghevoecht ... de conterfeytsels der inwoonderen (Amsterdam: Cornelis Claesz, 1598) [online link].
Several partial or complete journals describing the events of the "Eerste Schipvaart" have been preserved - the journal of Willem Lodewijcksz, published in Amsterdam in April 1598, is generally considered to be the most important one. Reprinted with copious notes in the first volume of:
Some of the other journals were already published in October 1597 by the Middelburg publisher Berent Langenes who issued revised and expanded editions in December 1597 and early 1598:
Contemporary translations, mainly based on the 1597/98 edition of Langenes, were published in English, German, Latin and French:
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| de Houtman (1603) | De Houtman, Frederick, Spraeck ende woord-boeck inde Maleysche ende Madagaskarsche Talen, met vele Arabische ende Turcsche woorden ... : Noch zijn hier byghevoecht de declinatien van vele vaste sterren, staende omtrent den Zuyd-pool, voor desen tijdt noyt ghesien (Amsterdam: Jan Evertsz. Cloppenburgh, 1603) [online link] (in Dutch).
Translations are available in:
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