were no traces of criticism (p. 281) and that the physical knowledge of comets had changed most (p. 327). In sum, based on a systematic view on myriads of printed texts and images from three different periods, the book gives instructive impressions of the fascinating history of early modern cometary knowledge and its (trans)formations. It profits from the author’s structured approach and her strengths in media and cultural history, although some other disciplines essential for the study of early modern cometary literature are wielded less felicitously. Gruber productively deals with images, but occasionally one would have appreciated a more precise analysis of this gripping and well-chosen material, especially regarding astronomical/astrological depictions. Yet the study is a useful introduction to early modern media history and its interplay with cometary knowledge (albeit with shortcomings regarding Latin texts and formats like disputations). Especially valuable are the systematic overviews, statistical evaluations and diagrams as well as the expansive bibliographies which give manifold stimuli for further research.

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中世纪手稿中的星星和星座

没有任何批评的痕迹（第 281 页），而且彗星的物理知识变化最大（第 327 页）。总而言之，该书基于对三个不同时期的无数印刷文本和图像的系统观察，对早期现代彗星知识及其（转化）变化的迷人历史给予了启发性的印象。它受益于作者结构化的方法以及她在媒体和文化史方面的优势，尽管对研究早期现代彗星文学至关重要的其他一些学科的运用不那么恰当。格鲁伯有效地处理图像，但有时人们会欣赏对这种引人入胜且精心挑选的材料进行更精确的分析，尤其是关于天文/占星术的描述。然而，这项研究是对早期现代媒体历史及其与彗星知识相互作用的有用介绍（尽管在拉丁文本和争论等格式方面存在缺陷）。特别有价值的是系统概述、统计评估和图表以及广泛的参考书目，它们为进一步研究提供了多种刺激。