EditorialMiniatures of Fluvius (River), depicted as a nude woman in a stream, and Lepus (Rabbit), in tables from Ptolemy's Almagest. Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies. Catalogue of Sta...
EditorialHistoriated initial 'C'(um) with a birth scene with a midwife presenting the newborn to the mother, who rests in a bed, at the beginning of the Tractatus de nativitatibus. Liber Astronomiae. England, S. E. (London), 1490. Source: Arundel 66 f.148. Lang...
EditorialEphemeriden, Table on page 146 in Hevelius 'prodromus astronomiae', Fig. 2, p. 146, Hevelius, Jan, 1690, Johannes Hevelius, Johann Ernst von Schmieden: Johannis Hevelii prodromus astronomiae, exhibens fundamenta, quae tam ad novum plan? & correctiorem ...
EditorialThe bracelets Alliae Aequatoriae, Illustration of another equatorial armillary sphere from the 17th century, Fig. 13, p. 48, 1602, Tycho Brahe: Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. Noribergae [N?rnberg]: apud Levinum Hulsium, 1602.
EditorialAnother instrument like the prior one, Distantiis, Illustration of another instrument for measuring oblique distances from the 17th century, Fig. 18, p. 63, 1602, Tycho Brahe: Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. Noribergae [N?rnberg]: apu...
EditorialZodiac Armillae, Illustration of a zodiac armillary sphere from the 17th century, Fig. 11, p. 42, 1602, Tycho Brahe: Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. Noribergae [N?rnberg]: apud Levinum Hulsium, 1602.
EditorialSemicirculus Magnus Azimuthalis, Illustration of a large azimuth semicircle from the 17th century, Fig. 8, p. 33, 1602, Tycho Brahe: Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. Noribergae [N?rnberg]: apud Levinum Hulsium, 1602.
EditorialMinor plated quarter Orichalcicus, Illustration of a small gilded brass quadrant from the 17th century, Fig.1, S. 12, 1602, Tycho Brahe: Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. Noribergae [N?rnberg]: apud Levinum Hulsium, 1602.
EditorialVolume quarter Azimuthalis, Illustration of a rotatable azimuth quadrant from the 17th century, Fig. 6, p. 27, 1602, Tycho Brahe: Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. Noribergae [N?rnberg]: apud Levinum Hulsium, 1602.
EditorialThe biggest Chalibeus.- quarter fitting is shut in, and the horizontal azimuth Steel insistent, Illustration of a large steel quadrant clamped in a square from the 17th century, Fig. 21, p. 72, 1602, Tycho Brahe: Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae instauratae ...
EditorialAstronomical sextant, insofar as it serves Altitudinibus, Illustration of an astronomical sextant for the determination of the 17th century, Fig. 4, p. 21, 1602, Tycho Brahe: Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. Noribergae [N?rnberg]: apud...
EditorialSpelling Stellaebur GI outside of the citadel Vraniae thirst, Illustration of the 17th century design by Stjernenborg, Fig. 25, p. 105, 1602, Tycho Brahe: Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. Noribergae [N?rnberg]: apud Levinum Hulsium, 1602.
EditorialLarge bracelet Aequatoriae a half of constant circuit, Illustration of a large equatorial armillary sphere with a whole circle and semicircle from the 17th century, Fig. 14, p. 48, 1602, Tycho Brahe: Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. No...
EditorialSpelling principal House Area Uraniburgi ..., Illustration of the main building of Uranienborg from the 17th century, Fig. 24, p. 103, 1580, Tycho Brahe: Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. Noribergae [N?rnberg]: apud Levinum Hulsium, 1602.
EditorialThe astronomical sextant investigated Distantiis, Illustration of a triangular astronomical sextant for determining distances from the 17th century, Fig. 16, p. 57, 1602, Tycho Brahe: Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. Noribergae [N?rnbe...
EditorialBipartitus arch small angular distances Inserviens, Illustration of the bipartite arc for measuring small oblique distances between stars from the 17th century, Fig. 15, p. 54, 1602, Tycho Brahe: Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. Noribe...
EditorialSteel sextant by one observer, Illustration of a steel sextant for measuring distances by a single observer from the 17th century, Fig. 17, p. 60, 1602, Tycho Brahe: Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. Noribergae [N?rnberg]: apud Levinum ...
EditorialParallaticum Another thing that is so, whether the high places of the Rule of azimuth Expedientes How, Illustration of another parallitic or scale instrument indicating the azimuth and the altitudes, from the 17th century, Fig. 10, p. 39, 1602, Tycho B...
EditorialThe biggest quadrant of the kind constructed near Augusta, Augsburg, Illustration of the large quadrant, which we erected especially in the neighborhood of Augsburg, from the 17th century, Fig. 20, p. 66, 1602, Tycho Brahe: Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae i...
EditorialThe appointment to the total capacity citadel Uraniburgi Qvo, Illustration of the design of Uranienborg from the 17th century, Fig. 23, p. 101, 1602, Tycho Brahe: Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. Noribergae [N?rnberg]: apud Levinum Hul...
EditorialParallaticum tool rule, Illustration of the parallitic or scale instrument from the 17th century, Fig. 9, p. 36, 1602, Tycho Brahe: Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. Noribergae [N?rnberg]: apud Levinum Hulsium, 1602.
EditorialGlobus Magnus Orichalcicus, Illustration of the large brass globe from the 17th century, Fig. 22, p. 80, 1602, Tycho Brahe: Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. Noribergae [N?rnberg]: apud Levinum Hulsium, 1602.
EditorialEther, and wraps Mensor famous sky. This rich Hevelius Great ..., Portrait of Johannes Hevelius, signed: A. Stech pinxit; Lambertus Visscher sculp, frontispiece, Stech, Andreas (pinx.); Visscher, Lambertus de (sc.), Johannes Hevelius, Johann Ernst von ...
EditorialTitle page to the chapter 'Catalogus Stellarum' from Hevelius' 'prodromus astronomiae', Title page for the chapter 'Catalogus Stellarum' from Hevelius' 'prodromus astronomiae' from the 17th century, Fig. 1, Hevelius, Jan, 1690, Johannes Hevelius, Johan...
EditorialMiniatures of Canis Maior (Larger Dog) and Canis Minor (Smaller Dog). Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies. Catalogue of Stars. England, S. E. (London); 1490. Source: Arundel 66,...
EditorialMiniatures of Fluvius (River), depicted as a nude woman in a stream, and Lepus (Rabbit), in tables from Ptolemy's Almagest. Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies. Catalogue of Sta...
EditorialHistoriated initial 'C'(um) with a birth scene with a midwife presenting the newborn to the mother, who rests in a bed, at the beginning of the Tractatus de nativitatibus. Liber Astronomiae. England, S. E. (London), 1490. Source: Arundel 66 f.148. Lang...
EditorialHistoriated initial with the presentation of an astrological textbook to King Henry VII, with the bishop and presenter of the book pointing to the stars. An illuminated initial 'P'(ost) and floral scatter border with a bird in the lower margin, at the ...
EditorialIlluminated initial 'M'(ultum) with red and white roses, at the beginning of John Killingworth's Planetary Tables. The almanac tables of John Killingworth provided formulae for calculating the phases of the moon and movement of the sun, and according t...