File:Oresme Spheres.jpg
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Le livre du Ciel et du Monde Illustration of the Celestial spheres Note that although the order of the spheres is conventional, with the Moon and Mercury closest the Earth and Saturn and the stars farthest, the spheres are convex upward centered on God rather than convex downward centered on the Earth. |
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| Date | (miniature circa 1410) | ||||||
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Paris, BnF, Manuscrits, Fr. 565, fo 69 http://expositions.bnf.fr/ciel/grand/1-025.htm https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8451098g/f145.item |
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| Author | Nicole Oresme (artist unknown) | ||||||
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| current | 23:53, 29 August 2021 | | 3,311 × 4,917 (4.12 MB) | Aavindraa | crop,c/b,rotate of 4296x5951 from https://gallica.bnf.fr/iiif/ark:/12148/btv1b8451098g/f145/info.json |
| 15:06, 26 January 2007 |  | 408 × 600 (113 KB) | SteveMcCluskey | {{Information |Description=''Le livre du Ciel et du Monde'' Illustration of the Celestial spheres |Source=Paris, BnF, Manuscrits, Fr. 565, fo 69 http://expositions.bnf.fr/ciel/grand/1-025.htm |Date=1377 |Author=Nicole Oresme (artist unknown) |Permission=R |
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