Hemelkaart van de baan van de maan rond de aarde, volgens Ptolemaeus Theoria Lunae, eius motum per eccentricum et epicyclum demonstrans (titel op object) Sky Map of the orbit of the moon around the earth, according to the Ptolemaic system. The map shows the moon phases. In the outer ring can be seen the zodiac. The card is provided with a degree scale along the edges. Left and right corner of the titelcartouches. Bottom left and right bulbs with simplified representations of the trajectory of the moon, according to the system of Ptolemy. Bottom right numbered 18. Manufacturer : printmaker: Joh
Hemelkaart van de baan van de maan rond de aarde, volgens Ptolemaeus Theoria Lunae, eius motum per eccentricum et epicyclum demonstrans (titel op object) Sky Map of the orbit of the moon around the earth, according to the Ptolemaic system. The map shows the moon phases. In the outer ring can be seen the zodiac. The card is provided with a degree scale along the edges. Left and right corner of the titelcartouches. Bottom left and right bulbs with simplified representations of the trajectory of the moon, according to the system of Ptolemy. Bottom right numbered 18. Manufacturer : printmaker: Johannes van Loon (listed building) Editor: Peter Schenk (I) (listed building) Publisher: Gerard Valck (listed property) Place manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1660 and / or 1708 Material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) / etching dimensions: plate edge: h 434 mm × W 515 mmToelichtingPrent also used in: Cellarius, Andreas. Harmonia Macrocosmica seu Atlas et Novus universalis. Amsterdam: Pieter Schenk (I) and Gerard Valck, 1708. See also: Ghent, Rob. The celestial atlas by Andreas Cellarius: a forgotten masterpiece of Dutch cosmographer. In: Caert-Thresoor, Volume 19, No. 1, 2000. Subject: zodiac;. the twelve signs of the zodiac together star chart, star mapde moon as celestial planets; planetary system, solar system
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