Hemelkaart van de baan van de zon rond de aarde, volgens Ptolemaeus Theoria solis per eccentricum sine epicyclo (titel op object) Sky Map Where: is displayed on the eccentric orbit of the sun around the earth, according to the theory of Ptolemy. Lower left and right bulbs to be clarified in separate parts of the theory. The card is provided with a degree scale along the edges. In the outer ring of the card, and two spheres is shown the zodiac. Left and right corner of the titelcartouches, held in place by putti. Bottom right numbered 16. Manufacturer : printmaker: Johannes van Loon (listed bui
Hemelkaart van de baan van de zon rond de aarde, volgens Ptolemaeus Theoria solis per eccentricum sine epicyclo (titel op object) Sky Map Where: is displayed on the eccentric orbit of the sun around the earth, according to the theory of Ptolemy. Lower left and right bulbs to be clarified in separate parts of the theory. The card is provided with a degree scale along the edges. In the outer ring of the card, and two spheres is shown the zodiac. Left and right corner of the titelcartouches, held in place by putti. Bottom right numbered 16. 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) Measurements: plate edge: h 435 mm × W 514 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 of the mappositions sunplanets; planetary system, solar system
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