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Peter Apian, Cosmographia, Antwerp, 1539


Schema huius præmiʃʃæ diuiʃionis Sphærarum.
COELVM EMPIREVM HABITACVLVM DEI ET OMNIVM ELECTORVM
Ⅰ0   ♌ ¦ Decimŭm Cœlŭm ♋ ¦ Primŭ Mobile ♊ ¦   ♉ ¦   ♈ ¦   ♓ ¦   ♒ ¦   ♑ ¦   ♐ ¦   ♏ ¦   ♎ ¦   ♍ ¦
9   ♋ ¦ Nonŭ Cœlŭm ♊ ¦ Criʃtallinŭm ♉ ¦   ♈ ¦ ⊕   ♓ ¦   ♒ ¦   ♑ ¦   ♐ ¦   ♏ ¦   ♎ ¦⊕   ♍ ¦   ♌ ¦
8 ••••••★ ♋ ¦ (•) Octaŭum •• ♊ ¦ (•) Firmamentŭ • ♉ • ¦ •••••• ♈ ¦ ••★••★••• ♓ ¦ •••★• ♒ • ¦ ••••••••• ♑ ¦ •••★ ♐ ¦ ••••••• ♏ ¦ ★•★ ♎ ¦ ••••••• ♍ ¦ ••★•••• ♌ ¦
7 COELÛ   ♃ SATVRNI   ★
6 ♄ IOVIS   ★
5 ♂ MARTIS   ★
4 ☉ SOLIS   ☼
3 ♀VENERIS   ★
Z ☿ MERCVRII   ★
Ⅰ ☾ LVNÆ   ◯   ☽   ◯

(•) Star aligned with following word; only two sizes of stars are used, relative positions ignored
Latina: Schema huius praemissae divisionis sphaerarum. · Coelum empireum habitaculum dei et omnium electorum · 10 Decimum coelum primu mobile · 9 Nonu coelum cristallinum · 8 Octavum [coelum] firmamentu · 7 Coelu saturni · 6 [Coelu] Iovis · 5 [Coelu] Martis · 4 [Coelu] Solis · 3 [Coelu] Veneris · 2 [Coelu] Mercurii · 1 [Coelu] Lunae

Compare to: Sacrobosco's De sphaera mundi

Source

from Edward Grant, "Celestial Orbs in the Latin Middle Ages", Isis, Vol. 78, No. 2. (Jun., 1987), pp. 152-173.

Date

28 December 2005

Author

Fastfission

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From [1] in [2] obviously mediaeval, therefore PD.

It says at the top "Schema huius praemissae diuisionis Sphaerarum"


These are the celestial orbs (not a strict Ptolemaic system) as drawn in Peter Apian's Cosmographia (Antwerp, 1539).--Fastfission 23:04, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

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