A Galileo Forgery. Unmasking the New York Sidereus Nuncius

• Main Author: Bredekamp, Horst (auth)
• Other Authors: Brückle, Irene (auth), Needham, Paul (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: De Gruyter 2014
• Series: Galileo's O
• Subjects: History of art / art & design styles
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In this work, historians in various fields revise the results presented in the first two volumes of the series, which analyzed the New York copy of Sidereus Nuncius. While many of their findings remain valid, the subject of analysis proved to be a forgery. Volume III describes how the discovery of f...