Celestial globe

Inscriptions1) Sous la constellation Cetus : Tabula continens quantu quovis \ proposito Anno, vel addendu, vel demendu \ sit. Longitudini Affixaru : nam hae 70 anoru \ et 5 mensiu spatio unicu gradu secundu \ signoru ordine super Pol. Zodpgrediutur. (Un tableau suit) 2) Au-dessus de la constellation Gemini : In hoc coelesti Globo notantut omnes stellae \ fixae, ad annum 1636 accomodatae qiuxta \ observatione Nob. viri Tychonis Brahae, in max. \ illo Iansonnij, an. 1622 edito, positae sunt, additis \ stellis q à peritiss.° nauclero Petro Theod : circa Pol. \ Aust. notatae su, novisq Asterismis et stellis min’ \ apparetib’, ab aliis sumo studio observatis, om. \ nia in Philomatico gratia copios è delineata \ Rome 1636 \ M. Greuter exc. \ permissu superior. (In this celestial globe are noted all the fixed stars accommodated to the year 1636, which are placed [on the map] acording to the observations of the noble Tycho Brahe in that great [work] of Jansson [Blaeu], edited in the year 1622, to which are added the stars noted by the skillful navigator Peter Theodori around the south pole and the new and less apparent stars observed by others with great zeal. All these have been represented for the use of the student. At Rome, 1636, exécuté par M. Greuter, avec privilège.)

Date 1636

Medium / Technique Paper; wood; fibre: papier-mâché; metal: brass
Tourned, moulded, painted, varnished and cut

DimensionsHeight: 86.3 cm (34 in.) Diameter: 49 cm (19 5/16 in.) Width: 59.8 cm (23 9/16 in.)

ClassificationTools & Equipment for Science & Technology - Astronomical T&E

Origin Rome, Latium, Italy, Europe

Object Number1968.8.2 ab

DivisionMaterial Culture - Objects of Science and Technology

CollectionStewart

CreditPurchase

Status

Not on view

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