Armillary Sphere
An illustration of an armillary sphere (also known as spherical astrolabe, armilla, or armil), which is a model of the celestial sphere. This woodcut is by Oronce Fine, mathematician and author of the Solaribus Horologiis, and was printed in Johannus de Sacrobosco's Textus de Sphaera in 1538
Picture No
10799272
Media ID
47598737
Size
2550px x 3661px
(1.8MB)
Credit
©Photo Researchers / Mary Evans Picture Library
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1500s Armil Armilla Armillary Astrolabe Astronomical Celestial Sacrobosco Sixteenth Sphaera Sphere Spherical Textus
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