Images Dated 4th April 2007

Scenes from the New Testament (vellum)

MMT215617 Scenes from the New Testament (vellum) by Italian School, (14th century); Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris, France; (add.info.: preaching to the apostles and pharisees, annunciation to the shepherds, nativity; La Nativite La Predication du Christ; La Predication du Christ aux apotres et aux Pharisiens;); Italian, out of copyright

© Bridgeman Images

IN ALMAGESTUM PTOLOMEI. Title-page of the first edition of Johann Muller Regiomontanus

IN ALMAGESTUM PTOLOMEI.
Title-page of the first edition of Johann Muller Regiomontanus In Almagestum Ptolomei, Venice, 1496, the first appearance in print of part of the famous Almagestum describing the Ptolomeic system of astronomy and geography

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1496, 1st, Astronomer, Book, Claudius, First Edition, German, In Almagestum Ptolomei, Johan, Muller, Ptolemaic, Ptolemy, Regiomontanus, Renaissance, Text, Titlepage

Parkes Radio Telescope

Parkes Radio Telescope, established in 1961; one of several radio antennas worldwide to receive images of the Apollo 11 moon landing on 20 July 1969. Here, maintenance work is being carried out. Parkes Observatory, New South Wales, Australia

© Tim Acker/AUSCAPE All rights reserved

Astronomy, Australia Telescope National Facility, Australian Radio Telescope, Dish, Fixing, Maintenance, Mending, Parabolic Dish, Parkes Observatory, Radio Antenna, Radio Astronomy, Repairing, Repairman, Repairmen, Research, Scale, Size Comparison, Star Watching, Workers