Celestial Sphere Collection (page 2)

PTOLEMAIC UNIVERSE, 1660. Representation of the Ptolemaic World System. Color engraving from Andreae Cellariis Harmonia Macrocosmica, 1660

Haci Ahmeds world map, 1560
Haci Ahmeds world map. This map, based on Oronce Fines cordiform (heart-shaped) map of 1534, was translated into Turkish in the Islamic year 967 (October 1559 to September 1560)

ARMILLARY SPHERE, 1514. Armillary sphere with zodiac. Woodcut from Georg von Peuerbachs Tabulae eclipsicum, Vienna, 1514

ARMILLARY SPHERE, 1509. Two antipodal angels holding an armillary sphere with the zodiac. Woodcut from an edition of Johannes de Sacroboscos Textus spere materialis, Leipzig, Germany, 1509

ASTRONOMER, 1568. An astronomer and cosmographer. Woodcut, 1568, by Jost Amman

JOHN DEE (1527-1608). English mathematician and astrologer. Dee, armed with celestial sphere and mathematical glass, with his collaborator, Edward Kelley: English woodcut, c1600

ASTRONOMERS, 1533. Astronomers with their instruments. Woodcut from Petrus Apianus Folium Populi, Ingolstadt, 1533

ASTRONOMER, 1504. The Arabian astronomer, Messahalah. Woodcut by Albrecht Durer from title page to Messahalahs De scientia motus orbis, Nuremberg, 1504

ARMILLARY SPHERE, 1509. Two antipodal angels holding an armillary sphere with the zodiac. Woodcut from an edition of Johannes de Sacroboscos Textus spere materialis, Leipzig, Germany, 1509

ARMILLARY SPHERE, 1514. Armillary sphere with zodiac. Woodcut from George Peuerbachs Tabulae eclipsicum, Vienna, 1514

ASTRONOMER, 1504. The Arabian astronomer, Messahalah (c740-815). Woodcut by Albrecht Durer from title page to Messahalahs De scientia motus orbis, Nuremberg, Germany, 1504

JOHN DEE (1527-1608). English mathematician and astrologer. Dee, armed with celestial sphere and mathematical glass, with his collaborator, Edward Kelley. English woodcut, c1600

ARMILLARY SPHERE, 1543. Ptolemy (left), the Alexandrian astronomer, and the German mathematician and astronomer Johann Muller Regiomontanus seated beneath an armillary sphere with a zodiac

ARMILLARY SPHERE, 1531. Johannes de Sacroboscos Textus de sphaera, published in Paris
ARMILLARY SPHERE, 1531. Johannes de Sacroboscos " Textus de sphaera, " published in Paris. Woodcut, 1531

ASTRONOMERS, 1533. Astronomers with their instruments. Woodcut from Petrus Apianus Folium Populi, Ingolstadt, Germany, 1533

PTOLEMY (2nd CENTURY A. D. ). Astronomer, mathematician, and geographer of Alexandria
PTOLEMY (2nd CENTURY A.D.). Astronomer, mathematician, and geographer of Alexandria. With his celestial sphere. Color woodcut, Venetian, 1547

The fourth day. A pre-Copernican universe with the earth at the center. Woodcut from Hartmann Schedels Weltchronik
GOD CREATING WORLD, 1493. The fourth day. A pre-Copernican universe with the earth at the center. Woodcut from Hartmann Schedels Weltchronik, Nuremberg, Germany, 1493

The Northern Hemisphere of the Celestial Globe. Designed by the Arabic astronomer, Mohammud ben Heleah of Monsul, 1275
CELESTIAL GLOBE, 1275. The Northern Hemisphere of the Celestial Globe. Designed by the Arabic astronomer, Mohammud ben Heleah of Monsul, 1275

Tycho Brahes planetary system, late 16th century, showing the sun with all the planets revolving around the earth
BRAHEs PLANETARY SYSTEM. Tycho Brahes planetary system, late 16th century, showing the sun with all the planets revolving around the earth

The Third Day. Woodcut from Hartmann Schedels Weltchronik, Nuremberg, Germany, 1493
GOD CREATING WORLD, 1493. The Third Day. Woodcut from Hartmann Schedels Weltchronik, Nuremberg, Germany, 1493

The Southern Hemisphere of the Celestial Globe. Designed by the Arabic astronomer, Mohammud ben Heleah of Monsul, 1275
CELESTIAL GLOBE, 1275. The Southern Hemisphere of the Celestial Globe. Designed by the Arabic astronomer, Mohammud ben Heleah of Monsul, 1275

The fourth day. A pre-Copernican universe with the earth at the center. Woodcut from Hartmann Schedels Weltchronik
GOD CREATING WORLD, 1493. The fourth day. A pre-Copernican universe with the earth at the center. Woodcut from Hartmann Schedels Weltchronik, Nuremberg, Germany, 1493

The First Day. Woodcut from Hartmann Schedels Weltchronik, Nuremberg, Germany, 1493
GOD CREATING WORLD, 1493. The First Day. Woodcut from Hartmann Schedels Weltchronik, Nuremberg, Germany, 1493

Copper engraving, German, 1723
CELESTIAL SPHERE, 1723. Copper engraving, German, 1723

The Ptolemaic World-System, with the earth at the center
PTOLEMAIC UNIVERSE. The Ptolemaic World-System, with the earth at the center

Engraved on a brass mirror of the T ang period, 618-907 A. D
CHINESE CELESTIAL SPHERE. Engraved on a brass mirror of the T ang period, 618-907 A.D

Celestial sphere from the Temple of Osiris at Denderah, Egypt, designed in the time of the later Ptolemies
EGYPTIAN CELESTIAL SPHERE. Celestial sphere from the Temple of Osiris at Denderah, Egypt, designed in the time of the later Ptolemies, between 305 and 51 B.C. with the fixed stars superimposed

Tycho Brahes late 16th century planetary system showing the sun with all the planets revolving around the earth
PTOLEMAIC UNIVERSE. Tycho Brahes late 16th century planetary system showing the sun with all the planets revolving around the earth

With the sun at the center, from Nicolaus Copernicus manuscript of De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium. Nuremberg, 1543
COPERNICAN UNIVERSE. With the sun at the center, from Nicolaus Copernicus manuscript of De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium. Nuremberg, 1543

Colored woodcut from Le grant kalendrier et compost des bergieres, 1496
THE ZODIAC, 1496. Colored woodcut from " Le grant kalendrier et compost des bergieres, " 1496

Ptolemaic universe, with the earth at the center. Woodcut from Cornelius Cornipolitanus Chronographia
PTOLEMAIC UNIVERSE, 1537. Ptolemaic universe, with the earth at the center. Woodcut from Cornelius Cornipolitanus Chronographia, printed at Utrecht, Netherlands, in 1537

Sir William Herschels scheme of the Milky Way and the stars composing it. The areas of the sky A, B, C, D
THE MILKY WAY, 1807. Sir William Herschels scheme of the Milky Way and the stars composing it. The areas of the sky A, B, C, D, and R are those which lie in the Milky Way and which he observed

with the sun at the center and the moon orbiting about the earth, set in an infinite sea of stars
COPERNICAN UNIVERSE with the sun at the center and the moon orbiting about the earth, set in an infinite sea of stars: woodcut from Thomas Digges supplement to the 1576 edition of Leonard Digges

Astrological diagram showing the seven planets and the twelve signs of the zodiac rotating around the earth
THE SEVEN PLANETS, 1536. Astrological diagram showing the seven planets and the twelve signs of the zodiac rotating around the earth

The Earth as the center of the universe, surrounded by the 12 wind gods. Color woodcut by Albrecht Durer from W
PTOLEMAIC UNIVERSE, 1525. The Earth as the center of the universe, surrounded by the 12 wind gods. Color woodcut by Albrecht Durer from W

Christian theory of the universe embraced by the realm of God and his angelic court
PTOLEMAIC UNIVERSE, 1493. Christian theory of the universe embraced by the realm of God and his angelic court. Ptolemaic universe with earth at the center

Sizes of celestial bodies, 1708
Sizes of celestial bodies. This is plate 10 from the 1708 edition of the star atlas Harmonica Macrocosmica by the Dutch-German mathematician and cosmographer Andreas Cellarius (1596-1665)

Astronomy diagrams, 1823 C017 / 8058
Astronomy diagrams, 19th century. At centre is an armillary sphere, a device with moveable interlocking rings representing the circles of the celestial sphere

ARABIC ZODIAC. Line engraving, German, after Camille Flammarions Astronomie, Paris, 1880

JOHANN SCHALL VON BELL (1591-1666). German Jesuit missionary and astronomer. Engraving, late 17th century

ASTRONOMER, 16th CENTURY. An astronomer and cosmographer. Line engraving after a 16th century woodcut by Jost Amman

CELESTIAL SPHERE, 1602. Line engraving from Tycho Brahes Astromomiae instauratae Mechanica, 1602

ARMILLARY SPHERE. Tycho Brahes equatorial armillary sphere

Armillary sphere, 18th Century artwork
An armillarsphere is model to explain the world around our planet Earth. The sky has a horizon, an ecliptic with all 12 zodiac signs, the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricon

Tycho Brahes celestial sphere, 1584
Tycho Brahes celestial sphere. Artwork from 1584 of the celestial sphere designed and built by the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601)

Chinese celestial sphere, 17th century
Chinese celestial sphere. This celestial sphere was made in bronze and was 2.1 metres in diameter. It was constructed in 1674 by the Flemish Jesuit missionary Ferdinand Verbiest (1623-1688)

Great Equatorial Telescope Paris 1860
Engraving of the Great Equatorial Telescope of the Paris Observatory. This view shows an equatorially mounted refracting telescope of 31 cm (12.8 inch) aperture made by the French maker Lerebours

Great Silver-on-Glass Reflector Telescope
Equatorially mounted reflecting telescope built by Leon Foucault, a French physicist best known for the invention of the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of the Earths rotation

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"The Celestial Sphere: A Journey Through Time and Cultures" Step into the fascinating world of celestial mechanics as depicted in medieval artwork. The Flammarion engraving, with its depiction of the edge of the firmament, invites us to ponder the mysteries beyond our atmosphere. Delve further into history and explore Hans Holbein the Younger's woodcut from Sebastian, showcasing intricate details of the phases of the moon. This masterpiece transports us back to a time when lunar cycles held great significance. Traveling to the Southern Hemisphere, we encounter Carel Allard's mesmerizing depiction that captures the celestial wonders unique to this region. Marvel at how different cultures interpret and represent their understanding of our vast universe. Venturing eastward, a Chinese celestial sphere from Tang Dynasty takes center stage. Its colored engravings offer a glimpse into ancient astronomical knowledge passed down through generations. The zodiac chart incorporating late 15th-century woodcut signs reminds us of humanity's fascination with astrology throughout history. Each sign holds symbolic meaning connecting individuals to cosmic forces. Continuing our exploration, we encounter Robert Fludd's diagram linking hidden divinity with our manifest world—an intriguing blend of philosophical and theological truths rendered in an exquisite woodcut from Utriusque Cosmi. As we gaze upon a celestial globe adorned with depictions representing zodiacal signs, it becomes evident that these heavenly bodies have long captivated human imagination across cultures and eras. Intriguingly juxtaposed is an engraving depicting The Hereford Fungus Festival—a reminder that even amidst scientific pursuits, celebrations rooted in nature continue to thrive throughout time. Finally, let us not forget Nicolaus Copernicus' presence in Rome during his groundbreaking discoveries about heliocentrism—his legacy forever altering humanity's perception of our place within this vast cosmos.