Medical Astrology: Science, Art, and Influence in early-modern Europe
Item
Ecliptic and Constellation Detail of the Planisphere, from the Astronomicum Caesareum (1540)
Title
Ecliptic and Constellation Detail of the Planisphere, from the Astronomicum Caesareum (1540)
Creator
Peter Apian (1495-1552)
Contributor
Harvey Cushing / John Hay Whitney Medical Library
Date
1540
Description
Detail of the octagonal Planisphere Volvelle from the Astronomicum Caesareum (1540), featuring hand-colored depictions of the constellations
Format
Image
Rights
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Source
Astronomicum Caesareum (Ingolstadt: Peter Apian, 1540). Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.
