SPHAERUM ARTIFIALIUM TYPICA REPRAESENTATION / novissime adumbrate / A JOHANNE BAPTISTA HOMANNO NORIBERGAE

Description:

This engraved print shows a celestial globe, a terrestrial globe, and an armillary sphere, each supported on a mount decorated with caryatids. The inscription refers to John Baptist Homann (1664-1724), a German engraver who established an influential cartographic house in Nuremberg in 1702. Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, a professor of mathematics who worked with Homann on several astronomical projects, may have had a hand in the creation of this image.

Date Made: early 18th century

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Germany: Bavaria, Nuremberg

Subject: Astronomy

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PH.317813Catalog Number: 317813Accession Number: 231231

Object Name: print

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 21 in x 24 3/4 in; 53.34 cm x 62.865 cmoverall: 27 1/2 in x 29 3/4 in x 7/8 in; 69.85 cm x 75.565 cm x 2.2225 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-0ed0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1167713

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