Herschel from "L'Espace céleste et la nature tropicale, description p...
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The earth in the center, surrounded by a tail-biting dog, the moon and...
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Orbit of the sun with corresponding light and dark sides of the moon.
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Astrological diagram from BL Harley 4940, f. 45v
Detail of an astronomical diagram. Image taken from f. 45v of Breviari d'amor. Written in French. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the British Library in London... More
Diagram from BL Harley 4940, f. 36
Miniature of an astronomical diagram of the moon and planets. Image taken from f. 36 of Breviari d'amor. Written in French. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the... More
White vine initial and diagram from BL Harley 4794, f. 46v
Detail of a white vine initial 'S'(uperio) and circular diagram of rainfall. Image taken from f. 46v of Commentary on Cicero's De somno Scipionis. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a colle... More
Volvelle from BL Sloane 405, f. 4
A volvelle, a device with moveable discs rotating with a fixed matrix, the pointing moveable index of which could be set at the sign and degree of the zodiac for a particular day in order to predict the best ti... More
Diagram from BL Harley 2728, f. 131
Marginal diagram of the earth. Image taken from f. 131 of Pharsalia, Books 1-10, with glosses. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the British Li... More
Diagram with the symbols of the zodiac from BL Harley 2332, f. 17v
Circular diagram with the symbols of the zodiac. Image taken from f. 17v of Almanac with an astrological miscellany. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts ... More
Astrological diagram from BL Harley 3719, f. 155v
Astrological diagram with volvelles. Image taken from f. 155v of Miscellany with various astronomical, calendrical, medical, and philosophical texts. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a co... More
Sun as Apollo, moon and planets
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Harmony of the spheres showing the conformity between the world and pl...
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Discovery of a world in the moone.
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Zodiacal diagram from BL Harley 3735, f. 30
Detail of a zodiacal diagram, illustrating Johannes de Sacro Bosco's Computus. Image taken from f. 30 of Various calendarial and computistical treatises. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to ... More
Diagram of eclipses from BL Harley 3735, f. 27
Detail of diagrams showing eclipses of the sun and moon, illustrating Johannes de Sacro Bosco's Tractatus de sphaera. Image taken from f. 27 of Various calendarial and computistical treatises. Written in Latin.... More
Diagram from BL Harley 3735, f. 32v
Detail of a drawing with a serpent biting its tail, illustrating Johannes de Sacro Bosco's Computus. Image taken from f. 32v of Various calendarial and computistical treatises. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley... More
Diagram from BL Harley 5237, f. 34v
Diagram and initial 'E'(x) at the beginning of Book 4, Chapter 9 of Boethius' De institutione musica. Image taken from f. 34v of De institutione musica. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a... More
Annus - Mundus - Homo diagram from BL Harley 3017, f. 92v
Annus - Mundus - Homo diagram showing the qualities associated with the four seasons, elements and humours. Image taken from f. 92v of A Carolingian miscellany of computational and astronomical texts and tables... More
Thoth deux fois grand, [ le second Hermès, en rapport avec la Lune.]
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Diagram from BL Harley 2407, f. 57v
A drawing of a man and woman embracing. Image taken from f. 57v of Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beginning). Written in Engli... More
Diagram from BL Harley 3647, f. 32
Initial 'N'(otandus) with pen-flourishing. In the lower margin is a diagram representing the Ptolemaic model for the motion of a superior planet: The centre of the outer circle, which is inscribed with 'zodia... More
Moon from BL Harley 4940, f. 37
Miniature of an astronomical diagram of the moon (Luna). Image taken from f. 37 of Breviari d'amor. Written in French. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the Brit... More
Diagram from BL Harley 2686, f. 103
Large diagram relating to family relationships, outlined in red or brown, with interlace and foliate decoration in green. Image taken from f. 103 of Etymologies (index Etymologiae), with letters of corresponden... More
Table with the connection between sun, moon and earth
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astronomy from "L'Espace céleste et la nature tropicale, description ...
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astronomy from "L'Espace céleste et la nature tropicale, description ...
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18 July 1860 from "L'Espace céleste et la nature tropicale, descripti...
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William Lambert, December 30, 1799, Drawing of Eclipse of Moon
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Volvelle from BL Harley 941, f. 29v
Volvelle for calculating Easter, other movable feasts, Sunday letters, the Golden Number and the leap year, with a figure (a woman?) in the centre. Image taken from f. 29v of A literary and scientific miscellan... More
Theological diagram from BL Harley 1648, f. 5
Theological diagram relating to the passage in the Lord's prayer that states, 'Give us this day'. Image taken from f. 5 of Commentary on the Lord's Prayer and various tables concerning religious subjects, inclu... More
Phases of the moon from BL Royal 19 A IX, f. 106
Miniature of the phases of the moon. Image taken from f. 106 of L'image du Monde. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists of over 2,000 manuscripts t... More
The fourth angel sounds: the sun, the moon and the stars are partially...
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[3 Figures of the Moon: The Crater of Plato, The Crater Wargentin, The...
Wood engraving in Scientific American, May 13, 1876, p. 309. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Science; Moon; Shelf.
Karte des Vollmondes nach Mayer, Schroter und Guithuisen - Popular Ast...
Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.
Chart of relationships of the earth in the center, with the orbits of ...
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Illuminated initial and diagram from BL Harley 3647, f. 81
Illuminated initial 'C'(irculus) with a bar-border sprouting with foliage, a hybrid creature and a bird, at the beginning of a 'Theorica planetarum'; in the lower half of the page is a diagram on the movement o... More
Diagram from BL Harley 2633, f. 40
Diagram charting rainfall. Image taken from f. 40 of Commentary on Cicero's De somno Scipionis. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the British L... More
Diagram of the planets from BL Harley 3017, f. 94
Diagram of the concentric orbits of the planets showing the periods of their revolution. Image taken from f. 94 of A Carolingian miscellany of computational and astronomical texts and tables, including decenno... More
Wierd sisters; minister's[sic] of darkness; minions of the moon, Briti...
Prime Minister William Pitt, and subordinate ministers Dundas and Thurlow portrayed as the witches from Macbeth, contemplating a moon comprised of profiles of Queen Charlotte and King George III. Forms part of ... More
Discovery of a world in the moone.
Error in paging: 207-208 repeated. Signatures: A⁴ B-O⁸ P⁴. STC (2nd ed.) 25640.5 LC copy has inscription: C. Townson. Special Files Project; vb32 01-11-2008 LAC ecr 2018-10-30 update (2 cards) LC Review of LAC ... More
Diagram from BL Harley 3091, f. 140v
Circular diagram with the earth as its centre. Image taken from f. 140v of Various works including De natura rerum, De temporibus, In libros Regum quaestiones XXX, computistical and calendrical writings and oth... More
Diagram of the phases of the Moon from BL YT 31, f. 55v
Diagram of the phases and course of the Moon, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 55v of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version). Written in Spanish (Catalan), with some Hebrew... More
Diagram from BL Harley 4940, f. 9
Diagram with various figures. Image taken from f. 9 of Breviari d'amor. Written in French. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the British Library in London. The H... More
Annus - Mundus - Homo diagram from BL Harley 3017, f. 89v
Annus - Mundus - Homo' diagram showing the qualities associated with the four seasons, elements and humours. Image taken from f. 89v of A Carolingian miscellany of computational and astronomical texts and table... More
Volvelle from BL Harley 13, f. 5
Text page with volvelle. Image taken from f. 5 of Miscellaneous scientific treatises. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the British Library in ... More
Diagram of the elements from BL Harley 3017, f. 92
Diagram of the four elements: fire, water, air, earth. Image taken from f. 92 of A Carolingian miscellany of computational and astronomical texts and tables, including decennovenal (19-year) cycles (ff. 3v-8) a... More
Astrological diagram from BL Harley 4940, f. 44v
Detail of an astronomical diagram. Image taken from f. 44v of Breviari d'amor. Written in French. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the British Library in London... More
Diagram from BL Harley 3861, f. 53v
Trinitarian diagram with the tetragrammaton in chapter 6 ('De Trinitate') of Petrus Alfonsi's 'Dialogus contra Judaeos'. Image taken from f. 53v of Dialogus contra Judaeos. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Man... More
Scheme of the map of the world with sun, moon, and five planets
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Table with the connection between sun, moon and earth
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Sun as Apollo, moon and planets
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Thoth, le second Hermès identifié avec la Lune.
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