File:Ptolemaic System - Digital Reproduction.png
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English: A digital reproduction of Peter Apian's diagram of the celestial orbs from his 1539 work Cosmographia. There have been minor changes to text alignment and the position of stars within their respective spheres; however, the positional relationship between the various spheres has been maintained.
A description of the contents, as copied from the Wikimedia description of the original image: English: The scheme of the aforementioned division of spheres. · The empyrean (fiery) heaven, dwelling of God and of all the selected · 10 Tenth heaven, first cause · 9 Ninth heaven, crystalline · 8 Eighth heaven of the firmament · 7 Heaven of Saturn · 6 Jupiter · 5 Mars · 4 Sun · 3 Venus · 2 Mercury · 1 Moon 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 |
| Date |
(reproduction), circa 1539 (original) |
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Own work ) |
| Author |
Cipozy (reproduction), Peter Apian (original). Cipozy |
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| current | 19:02, 25 September 2016 | | 2,500 × 2,500 (533 KB) | wikimediacommons>Cmdrjameson | Compressed with pngout. Reduced by 724kB (57% decrease). |
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