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Tratado dos Cometas que apareceram em novembro passado de 1618 (Treatise about the Comets That Appeared in November 1618)
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In order to know whether our comet was one of the those that the astrologers described, it is necessary to…

Contributor:

Jacob Rosales

Places:

Lisbon, Portuguese Empire (Lisbon, Portugal)

Date:

1619

Subjects:

Astronomy, Astrology, Monarchy

Categories:

Science & Philosophy, Astronomy
Fasciculus trium verarum propositionum astronomicae, astrologicae et philosophicae ([Compilation] of Three True Propositions: Astronomical, Astrological, and Philosophical)
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To the Most Serene Great Prince of Etruria, Hero and Admirable Man, Cosmo the Third To the Most Serene Great Prince. In this era of ours, Most Serene Great Prince, when the various branches of…

Contributor:

Jacob Rosales

Places:

Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Florence, Italy)

Date:

1654

Subjects:

Astronomy, Astrology, Philosophy

Categories:

Science & Philosophy, Astronomy
Watch-like device with concentric circles, inner geometric shapes and hands.
Illustration of an Armillary Sphere
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This illustration of an armillary sphere is from a treatise on astronomy, Sefer mareh ha-ofanim (The Appearance of the Heavenly Beings), by Solomon ben Abraham Avigdor. The treatise was mostly a…

Contributor:

Solomon ben Abraham Avigdor, Artist Unknown

Places:

Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)

Date:

1576

Subjects:

Astronomy, Astrology, Cosmology, Illuminated manuscripts, Scholarship

Categories:

Science & Philosophy, Astronomy, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Illustration of a sphere circled by rings at various angles, including illustrations of zodiac symbols.
Illustration of the (Aristotelian) Cosmos
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This illustration of the (Aristotelian) cosmos appears in an eighteenth-century manuscript of Neḥmad ve-na‘im (Nice and Pleasant), David Ganz’s posthumously published book on astronomy.

Contributor:

David Ganz

Places:

Holy Roman Empire (Germany)

Date:

18th Century

Subjects:

Astronomy, Astrology, Cosmology, Illuminated manuscripts, Scholarship

Categories:

Science & Philosophy, Astronomy, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Manuscript page of concentric circles with Hebrew words and stars in the outer circles, and Hebrew text on top and bottom of page.