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Imagines syderum coelestium RMG L6847-001
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Imagines syderum coelestium RMG L6847-001

Imagines syderum coelestiumSingle 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, but seven of the stars are labelled with their Arabic names. In the lines of text underneath the map, Apian urges people to further study of the stars by way of his map. Imagines syderum coelestium. Front.

Date
1536
Mapmaker / publisher
Peter Apian
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
chart
Original size
3,322 × 4,800 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-100-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

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"Imagines syderum coelestium RMG L6847-001" (1536). Peter Apian, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Imagines_syderum_coelestium_RMG_L6847-001.tiff

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