Figure d'une Comete admirable veuë en l'air

About This Item

Title

Subject

Meteoroids

Astronomical Objects

Astronomical Phenomena

Astronomy

Book Illustrations

Description

Title taken from caption of woodcut.

Image of a comet seen on October 9th, 1528. As it went over Southern France, it was said that the comet contained a hand holding a large sword and surrounded by celestial monsters.

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Source

Original image in: Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590. Les oeuvres d’Ambroise Paré., page 1077. ZEa 9f (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)

Publisher

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Date

1614

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/

Language

French

Type

StillImage

Identifier

ZEa_9f.1077

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

11 x 9 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Figure d'une Comete admirable veuë en l'air,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3143.