Hemelkaart van het stelsel van Brahe Scenographia compagis mundanae Brahea (titel op object) Sky Map Where: the geocentric system of Tycho Brahe to be seen. In the center of the earth, surrounded by the orbits of the sun and the moon. To the sun orbits of the planets. In the outer ring of the zodiac. The card is provided with a degree scale along the edges. Left and right corner of the titelcartouches, carried by putti and eagles. Bottom left and right an allegory with a wife and surveying instruments. Bottom right numbered 7. Manufacturer : printmaker: anonymous editor: Peter Schenk (I) (list
Hemelkaart van het stelsel van Brahe Scenographia compagis mundanae Brahea (titel op object) Sky Map Where: the geocentric system of Tycho Brahe to be seen. In the center of the earth, surrounded by the orbits of the sun and the moon. To the sun orbits of the planets. In the outer ring of the zodiac. The card is provided with a degree scale along the edges. Left and right corner of the titelcartouches, carried by putti and eagles. Bottom left and right an allegory with a wife and surveying instruments. Bottom right numbered 7. Manufacturer : printmaker: anonymous editor: Peter Schenk (I) (listed building) Publisher: Gerard Valck (listed property) provider of privilege: States of Holland and West Friesland (listed property) Place manufacture: Amsterdam Dating : 1660, and / or 1708 Material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) / etching dimensions: plate edge: h 433 mm × W 507 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 mapinstruments used in geodesy, surveying instrument planets; planetary system, solar system
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