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Urania with Quadrant and Armillary Spheres

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Description: Urania with Quadrant and Armillary Spheres
TitleUrania with Quadrant and Armillary Spheres
Creator nameUnknownHeinfogel, Conrad
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1504
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut with handwritten inscription in red ink
DimensionsBlock: 3.7 × 3.5 in. (9.4 × 8.9 cm)
LocationStaatsbibliothek Bamberg, Germany
Accession numberInc. typ. H. IV 21
SubjectsCelestial reference systemsAstronomy in artPlanets in art
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Constellations and Configurations
Susan Dackerman
Description: Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe
Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe
~In 1515 Albrecht Dürer designed the first printed representations of the constellations of the northern and southern celestial hemispheres. Hardly an isolated artistic project, these woodcuts emerged from an environment of rigorous investigation of the heavens in Dürer’s native Nuremberg. Broadsheets describing the function of astronomical...
Author
Susan Dackerman
PublisherHarvard Art Museums
Copyright© 2011 President and Fellows of Harvard College
Related print edition pages: pp.79-123
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00097.008
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-16362&redirecttoanchor=22489
Chapter subject tags:Art and science--Europe--History--16th centuryEurope--Intellectual life--16th centuryPrints, RenaissancePrints, European--16th centuryMedicine and art--Europe--History--16th centuryDürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528Pictorial maps, RenaissanceAstrology in art--Europe--History--16th century

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Description: Constructed reproduction of globe
Constructed reproduction of globe
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Object typePrint
Constructed reproduction of globe
Constructed reproduction of globe
Description: Horoscope and Urania Embracing the Universe
Horoscope and Urania Embracing the Universe
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameUnknown; Stabius, Johannes
Creator nationality/cultureAustrian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1503
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut and letterpress
Dimensions13.7 × 10.9 in. (34.8 × 27.7 cm)
LocationBayerische Staatsbibliothek München, Munich
Accession numberEinbl. IV, 7a
Horoscope and Urania Embracing the...
Horoscope and Urania Embracing the Universe
Description: Map of the Southern Celestial Hemisphere
Map of the Southern Celestial Hemisphere
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator name (description)after Conrad Heinfogel
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1503
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsDrawings in brown ink on vellum, heightened with silver, gold, and red
Dimensions26.34 × 26.38 in. (66.9 × 67 cm)
LocationGermanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Germany
Accession numberHz 5577
Map of the Southern Celestial Hemisphere
Map of the Southern Celestial Hemisphere
Description: Brixen Celestial Globe
Brixen Celestial Globe
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameSchöner, Johann; Unknown
Creator name (description)after Albrecht Dürer
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator roleArtist
Creation datec. 1522
Object typeOther
MaterialsPaint and gesso over hollow wood sphere
Dimensions14.49 in. diameter (36.8 cm diameter)
LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut
Accession numberL. 1999-3.2b
Brixen Celestial Globe
Brixen Celestial Globe
Description: Map of the Northern Celestial Hemisphere
Map of the Northern Celestial Hemisphere
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator name (description)after Conrad Heinfogel
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1503
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsDrawings in brown ink on vellum, heightened with silver, gold, and red
Dimensions26.54 × 26.46 in. (67.4 × 67.2 cm)
LocationGermanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Germany
Accession numberHz 5576
Map of the Northern Celestial Hemisphere
Map of the Northern Celestial Hemisphere
Description: Map of the Southern Celestial Hemisphere (unique variant)
Map of the Southern Celestial Hemisphere (unique variant)
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameDürer, Albrecht; Stabius, Johannes
Creator name (description)after Conrad Heinfogel
Creator nationality/cultureGerman, Austrian, German
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1515
Object typePrint
Materialswoodcuts with hand-coloring
Dimensions14.49 in. diameter (36.8 cm diameter)
LocationStaatliche Graphische Sammlung München, Munich
Accession numberInv. 152728
Map of the Southern Celestial Hemisphere...
Map of the Southern Celestial Hemisphere (unique variant)
Description: Celestial Sphere
Celestial Sphere
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameSchedel, Hartmann;Wolgemut, Michael
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1493
Object typePrint
Materialswoodcut
Dimensions17.8 × 12.5 in. (45.3 × 31.8 cm)
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Celestial Sphere
Celestial Sphere
Description: Southern Celestial Hemisphere (detail)
Southern Celestial Hemisphere (detail)
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameDürer, Albrecht
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1515
Object typePrint
Materialswoodcut with manuscript annotations by Schöner
Dimensionssheet: 23.03 × 18.23 in. (58.5 × 46.3 cm)
LocationPrincely Collection Waldburg-Wolfegg, Wolfegg Castle, Germany
Southern Celestial Hemisphere (detail)
Southern Celestial Hemisphere (detail)
Description: Qusayr'Amra, caldarium, cupola, fresco with Andromeda
Qusayr'Amra, caldarium, cupola, fresco with Andromeda
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 01
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 700–730 AD
Object typePainting
LocationQusayr'Amra, Zarqa Governorate, Jordan
Qusayr'Amra, caldarium, cupola, fresco...
Qusayr'Amra, caldarium, cupola, fresco with Andromeda
Description: Star Mantle of Henry II
Star Mantle of Henry II
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 01
Creator roleWeaver/Fabricator
Creation datec. 1020
Object typeTextile
MaterialsGold embroidery mounted on silk
Dimensionsdiameter 297 cm
LocationDiözesanmuseum, Bamberg, Germany
Star Mantle of Henry II
Star Mantle of Henry II
Description: Map of the terrestrial globe
Map of the terrestrial globe
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 01
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Creation datec. 1055–1056
Object typeBook/Manuscript
Dimensions36 × 28 cm
LocationReginensis latinus 123, fol. 144v, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City
https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Reg.lat.123
Accession numberReg.lat.123
Map of the terrestrial globe
Map of the terrestrial globe
Description: Star Mantle of Henry II, detail
Star Mantle of Henry II, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 01
Creator roleWeaver/Fabricator
Creation datec. 1020
Object typeTextile
MaterialsGold embroidery mounted on silk
LocationDiözesanmuseum, Bamberg, Germany
Star Mantle of Henry II, detail
Star Mantle of Henry II, detail
Description: Northern and Southern Celestial Hemispheres
Northern and Southern Celestial Hemispheres
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameApian, Peter; Ostendorfer, Michael
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1540
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut with hand-coloring, letterpress, volvelles, and silk index strings
Dimensions18.9 × 13.39 × 1.38 in. (48 × 34 × 3.5 cm)
LocationHoughton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Accession numberTyp 520.40.150 PF
Northern and Southern Celestial...
Northern and Southern Celestial Hemispheres
Description: Dragon Dial
Dragon Dial
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameApian, Peter; Ostendorfer, Michael
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1540
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut with hand-coloring, letterpress, volvelles, and silk index strings
Dimensions18.9 × 13.39 × 1.38 in. (48 × 34 × 3.5 cm)
LocationHoughton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Accession numberTyp 520.40.150 PF
Dragon Dial
Dragon Dial
Description: Qusayr'Amra, caldarium, cupola
Qusayr'Amra, caldarium, cupola
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 01
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 700–730 AD
Object typePainting
LocationQusayr'Amra, Zarqa Governorate, Jordan
Qusayr'Amra, caldarium, cupola
Qusayr'Amra, caldarium, cupola
Description: Map of the Southern Celestial Hemisphere (Imagines coeli Meridionales)
Map of the Southern Celestial Hemisphere (Imagines coeli Meridionales)
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameDürer, Albrecht; Stabius, Johannes
Creator name (description)after Conrad Heinfogel
Creator nationality/cultureGerman, Austrian, German
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1515
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcuts with hand-coloring
Dimensions17.6 × 16.89 in. (44.7 × 42.9 cm)
LocationStaatliche Graphische Sammlung München, Munich
Accession numberInv. 118931
Map of the Southern Celestial Hemisphere...
Map of the Southern Celestial Hemisphere (Imagines coeli Meridionales)
Description: Scorpio
Scorpio
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameMünster, Sebastian; Holbein, Hans, the younger
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1533
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut
Dimensions8.27 × 6.18 × 1.5 in. (21 × 15.7 × 3.8 cm)
LocationHoughton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Accession numberTyp 565.33.584 (A)
Scorpio
Scorpio
Description: Moon
Moon
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameGalilei, Galileo
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1610
Object typePrint
Materialsengraving
Dimensions8.1 × 5.1 in. (20.5 × 14 cm)
LocationSiderius nuncius (Venice, 1610), Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Moon
Moon
Description: Southern Celestial Hemisphere
Southern Celestial Hemisphere
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameDürer, Albrecht
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1515
Object typePrint
Materialswoodcut with manuscript annotations by Johann Schöner
Dimensions23.0 × 18.2 in. (58.5 × 46.3 cm)
LocationPrincely Collection Waldburg-Wolfegg, Wolfegg Castle, Germany
Southern Celestial Hemisphere
Southern Celestial Hemisphere
Description: Qusayr'Amra, caldarium, cupola, fresco with Boötes
Qusayr'Amra, caldarium, cupola, fresco with Boötes
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 01
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 700–730 AD
Object typePainting
LocationQusayr'Amra, Zarqa Governorate, Jordan
Qusayr'Amra, caldarium, cupola, fresco...
Qusayr'Amra, caldarium, cupola, fresco with Boötes
Description: The constellation Andromeda from al-Sufi’s Treatise on the Fixed Stars
The constellation Andromeda from al-Sufi’s Treatise on the Fixed Stars
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 20
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1009–1010
Object typeBook/Manuscript
MaterialsInk and color on paper
LocationBodleian Library, Oxford
https://iiif.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/iiif/viewer/c1caa84c-f6d2-483f-9eb4-2439cccdc801#?
Accession numberMs. Marsh 144, p. 165
The constellation Andromeda from...
The constellation Andromeda from al-Sufi’s Treatise on the Fixed Stars
Description: Mantle of Kunigunde
Mantle of Kunigunde
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 01
Creator roleWeaver/Fabricator
Creation datec. 1000–1100
Object typeTextile
MaterialsGold embroidery on silk
LocationDiözesanmuseum, Bamberg, Germany
Mantle of Kunigunde
Mantle of Kunigunde
Description: Celestial Globe Gores
Celestial Globe Gores
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameSchöner, Johann
Creator name (description)after Albrecht Dürer
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1517
Object typePrint
Materialswoodcuts on four sheets
DimensionsSheets: 17.76 × 12.24 in.; goes: 16.2 × 2.76 in. (sheets: 45.1 × 31.1 cm; gores: 41.1 × 7 cm)
LocationLibrary of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Accession numberRB 143
Celestial Globe Gores
Celestial Globe Gores
Description: Gemini, detail of Map of the Northern Celestial Hemisphere
Gemini, detail of Map of the Northern Celestial Hemisphere
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameDürer, Albrecht
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1515
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
Gemini, detail of Map of the Northern...
Gemini, detail of Map of the Northern Celestial Hemisphere
Description: Jupiter
Jupiter
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 01
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Creation datec. 1358
Object typeBook/Manuscript
Dimensions24 × 16 cm
LocationBiblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan
Accession numberH. 57. Sup. (=437), fol. 116v
Jupiter
Jupiter
Description: Gemini
Gemini
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameMünster, Sebastian; Holbein, Hans, the younger
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1533
Object typePrint
MaterialsBook with woodcuts
Dimensions8.27 × 6.18 × 1.5 in. (21 × 15.7 × 3.8 cm)
LocationHoughton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Accession numberTyp 565.33.584 (A)
Gemini
Gemini
Description: Moon Dial
Moon Dial
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameApian, Peter; Ostendorfer, Michael
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1540
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut with hand-coloring, letterpress, volvelles, and silk index strings
Dimensions18.9 × 13.39 × 1.38 in. (48 × 34 × 3.5 cm)
LocationHoughton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Accession numberTyp 520.40.150 PF
Moon Dial
Moon Dial
Description: Qusayr Amra, astronomical ceiling
Qusayr Amra, astronomical ceiling
Posted by:
Jul 09
Creator rolePainter
Creation date700–800 AD
Object typePainting
LocationJordan
Qusayr Amra, astronomical ceiling
Qusayr Amra, astronomical ceiling
Description: Map of the terrestrial globe
Map of the terrestrial globe
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 01
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Creation datec. 1055–1056
Object typeBook/Manuscript
Dimensions36 × 28 cm
LocationReginensis latinus 123, fol. 143v, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City
https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Reg.lat.123
Accession numberReg.lat.123
Map of the terrestrial globe
Map of the terrestrial globe
Description: Moon
Moon
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameGalilei, Galileo
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1610
Object typePrint
Materialsengraving
Dimensions8.1 × 5.1 in. (20.5 × 14 cm)
LocationSiderius nuncius (Venice, 1610), Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Moon
Moon
Description: Planetary System
Planetary System
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameDolendo, Zacharias
Creator name (description)Attributed to Zacharias Dolendo, after Jacque de Gheyn II
Creator nationality/cultureNetherlandish
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1600
Object typePrint
Materialsengraving
Dimensions9.25 × 6.5 × .98 in. (23.5 × 16.5 × 2.5 cm)
LocationHoughton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
http://houghtonlib.tumblr.com/post/92045479616/aratus-solensis-hvg-grotii-syntagma-arateorvm
Accession number*NC6 G9164 600a
Planetary System
Planetary System
Description: Map of the Northern Celestial Hemisphere (Imagines coeli Septentrionales cum...
Map of the Northern Celestial Hemisphere (Imagines coeli Septentrionales cum duodecim imaginibus zodiaci)
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameDürer, Albrecht; Stabius, Johannes
Creator name (description)after Conrad Heinfogel
Creator nationality/cultureGerman, Austrian, German
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1515
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcuts with hand-coloring
Dimensions17.8 × 16.89 in. (45.2 × 42.9 cm)
LocationStaatliche Graphische Sammlung München, Munich
Accession numberInv. 118930
Map of the Northern Celestial Hemisphere...
Map of the Northern Celestial Hemisphere (Imagines coeli Septentrionales cum duodecim imaginibus zodiaci)
Description: Leo
Leo
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameMünster, Sebastian; Holbein, Hans, the younger
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1533
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut
Dimensions8.27 × 6.18 × 1.5 in. (21 × 15.7 × 3.8 cm)
LocationHoughton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Accession numberTyp 565.33.584 (A)
Leo
Leo
Description: Quadrans Minor Orichalcicus Inauratus (Small quadrant of gilt brass)
Quadrans Minor Orichalcicus Inauratus (Small quadrant of gilt brass)
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameBrahe, Tycho; Unknown
Creator nationality/cultureDanish
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1602
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut and engraving
Dimensions12.6 × 7.99 × .79 in. (32 × 20.3 × 2 cm)
LocationOwen Gingerich, Cambridge, Massachussetts
Quadrans Minor Orichalcicus Inauratus...
Quadrans Minor Orichalcicus Inauratus (Small quadrant of gilt brass)

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