About This Item
Title
Spera Mundi
Subject
Astronomy
Book Illustrations
Incunabula
Description
Artist unknown.
Diagram of an armillary sphere showing the rotation of the zodiac around earth.
Source
Original image in: Sacro Bosco, Joannes de, active 1230. Sphaera mundi (Venice : Bonetus Locatellus for Octavianus Scotus, 4 Oct. 1490), leaf 3v. 1f 7 1490 (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
Sphaera mundi was originally composed in the 13th century by Joannes de Sacro Bosco, a 13th century mathematician and astronomer, also known as John Holywood. The work deals with the shape and apparent movement of the earth and other heavenly bodies and was the single most influential astronomy text for centuries.
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1490
Language
lat
Type
StillImage
Identifier
1f_7_1490.3v.jpg
Original Format
1 print : woodcut
Physical Dimensions
21 x 14 cm
Citation
“Spera Mundi,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed April 20, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/2409.
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Under the Influence of the Heavens: Astrology in Medicine in the 15th and 16th Centuries