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Imagines syderum coelestium
Single sheet, woodcut. Celestial planisphere showing the 48 Ptolemaic constellations, with Latin descriptive text below it.
The figures of the constellations in this chart are clearly influenced by Durer's woodcuts. Text is for the most part in Latin, and seven of the stars are labelled with their Islamic names. In the lines of text underneath the map, Apian urges people to study the stars further using his map.
The figures of the constellations in this chart are clearly influenced by Durer's woodcuts. Text is for the most part in Latin, and seven of the stars are labelled with their Islamic names. In the lines of text underneath the map, Apian urges people to study the stars further using his map.
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Object Details
| ID: | G200:2/1 |
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| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Celestial chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Apian, Peter |
| Places: | Northern Hemisphere; Extraterrestrial Places |
| Date made: | 1536 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 42 cm x 30 cm |