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'Tableau d'Astronomie et de sphère' by Henri Duval, 1834 (detail)
The Moon has always been a magical and mystical object for people throughout history. It is the 2nd brightest object in the sky after the Sun. Since prehistoric times, the Moon has been an object of fascination, awe, and worship. The Moon has its influence on our culture through music, theater, literature, and more.
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Herschel from "L'Espace céleste et la nature tropicale, description physique de l'univers ... préface de M. Babinet, dessins de Yan' Dargent"

Herschel from "L'Espace céleste et la nature tropicale, description p...

This image has been taken from scan 000120 from "L'Espace céleste et la nature tropicale, description physique de l'univers ... préface de M. Babinet, dessins de Yan' Dargent". The title and subject terms of ... More

The earth in the center, surrounded by a tail-biting dog, the moon and its phases, the sun on its orbit, correlated to signs of the zodiac.

The earth in the center, surrounded by a tail-biting dog, the moon and...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a dog, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Orbit of the sun with corresponding light and dark sides of the moon.

Orbit of the sun with corresponding light and dark sides of the moon.

Public domain scan of a medieval manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Astrological diagram from BL Harley 4940, f. 45v

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

Sun as Apollo, moon and planets

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Harmony of the spheres showing the conformity between the world and planets including the sun and the moon: "De anima mundi et de concordia planetarium"

Harmony of the spheres showing the conformity between the world and pl...

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Discovery of a world in the moone.

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

Zodiacal diagram from BL Harley 3735, f. 30

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

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

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 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 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.]

Thoth deux fois grand, [ le second Hermès, en rapport avec la Lune.]

Public domain illustrated book page scan, related to Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Diagram from BL Harley 2407, f. 57v

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

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

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

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

Table with the connection between sun, moon and earth

Public domain scan of a medieval manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

astronomy from "L'Espace céleste et la nature tropicale, description physique de l'univers ... préface de M. Babinet, dessins de Yan' Dargent"

astronomy from "L'Espace céleste et la nature tropicale, description ...

This image has been taken from scan 000703 from "L'Espace céleste et la nature tropicale, description physique de l'univers ... préface de M. Babinet, dessins de Yan' Dargent". The title and subject terms of ... More

astronomy from "L'Espace céleste et la nature tropicale, description physique de l'univers ... préface de M. Babinet, dessins de Yan' Dargent"

astronomy from "L'Espace céleste et la nature tropicale, description ...

This image has been taken from scan 000172 from "L'Espace céleste et la nature tropicale, description physique de l'univers ... préface de M. Babinet, dessins de Yan' Dargent". The title and subject terms of ... More

18 July 1860 from "L'Espace céleste et la nature tropicale, description physique de l'univers ... préface de M. Babinet, dessins de Yan' Dargent"

18 July 1860 from "L'Espace céleste et la nature tropicale, descripti...

This image has been taken from scan 000094 from "L'Espace céleste et la nature tropicale, description physique de l'univers ... préface de M. Babinet, dessins de Yan' Dargent". The title and subject terms of ... More

William Lambert, December 30, 1799, Drawing of Eclipse of Moon

William Lambert, December 30, 1799, Drawing of Eclipse of Moon

Drawing of Eclipse of Moon Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Volvelle from BL Harley 941, f. 29v

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 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

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 darkened (1st of 2)

The fourth angel sounds: the sun, the moon and the stars are partially...

Public domain scan of a medieval manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[3 Figures of the Moon: The Crater of Plato, The Crater Wargentin, The Surface of the Moon]

[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 Astronomy by ML Frankheim, 1829, Braunschweig (SLUB)

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 the moon and the sun.

Chart of relationships of the earth in the center, with the orbits of ...

Public domain scan of a medieval manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Illuminated initial and diagram from BL Harley 3647, f. 81

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 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 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, British Cartoon Print

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.

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

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 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 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 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

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 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

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

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

Scheme of the map of the world with sun, moon, and five planets

Public domain scan of a medieval manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Table with the connection between sun, moon and earth

Table with the connection between sun, moon and earth

Public domain scan of a medieval manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Sun as Apollo, moon and planets

Sun as Apollo, moon and planets

Public domain scan of a medieval manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Thoth, le second Hermès identifié avec la Lune.

Thoth, le second Hermès identifié avec la Lune.

Public domain illustrated book page scan, related to Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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