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Paper Astrolabe
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In the back of a manuscript collection of astronomical texts, which includes one of Abraham Ibn Ezra’s works on the use of the astrolabe (a tool for astronomical calculations), is a set of crude but…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Date:

ca. 1629

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Astronomy, Cosmology, Scholarship

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Science & Philosophy, Astronomy, Cosmology
Drawing of circle with many lines forming squares and rectangles within it.
Diploma of Doctor of Medicine (University of Padua)
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This diploma of Doctor of Medicine was awarded to Jacob Mahler by the University of Padua, Italy. Mahler, born in Bingen-on-Rhine, Germany, studied medicine and philosophy, and in 1695 was awarded a…

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Artist Unknown

Places:

Padua, Venice (Padua, Italy)

Date:

1695

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Medicine, Profession, Education, Scholarship

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Science & Philosophy, Medicine
Facing-page manuscript with Latin text on right-hand page surrounded by floral border and man in circular frame on top and bottom of page, and portrait of man on left-hand side surrounded by floral border and two cherubs with man in frames on top and bottom of page.