antiquity of adornment
Jewel Book of the Duchess Anna of Bavaria (1550s) - peacay / Paul K link
18 Jun
W5RAn best-of-wknd: Le sphere de monde by Oronce Fine, 1549 g
W5RAn best-of-wknd: Le sphere de monde by Oronce Fine, 1549 g
astronomy . 16th century . science . chart . illustration . french peacay / Paul K link For background see: bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2010/11/celestial-mechanics.html
03 Jun
Perspectiva (Lautensack) 1564 e
Perspectiva (Lautensack) 1564 e
perspective . art . woodcut . 16th century . Heinrich Lautensack . print - peacay / Paul K bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2008/05/perspectiva.html
20 Feb
W5RAn best-of-wknd: Le sphere de monde by Oronce Fine, 1549 g
W5RAn best-of-wknd: Le sphere de monde by Oronce Fine, 1549 g
astronomy . 16th century . science . chart . illustration . french peacay / Paul K link For background see: bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2010/11/celestial-mechanics.html
12 Jan
Le sphere de monde by Oronce Fine, 1549 g
Le sphere de monde by Oronce Fine, 1549 g
astronomy . 16th century . science . chart . illustration . french peacay / Paul K link For background see: bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2010/11/celestial-mechanics.html
25 Dec
Best-of-the-First-Year: Kepler’s Cosmographicum
Best-of-the-First-Year: Kepler’s Cosmographicum
From the book, “The Science-History of the Universe” by Francis Rolt-Wheeler, Copyright 1910, The Current Literature Publishing Company, New York. This illustration is from page 113. ...
23 Dec
Best-of-the-First-Year: medieval weaponry
Best-of-the-First-Year: medieval weaponry
feature credit: paul k image link
21 Oct
Line of text from Book Three, Canto Four.
Line of text from Book Three, Canto Four.
Edmund Spenser: The Faerie Queene. [London: William Ponsonbie, 1590.] University of Glasgow Library
04 Oct
Giacomo Gastaldi – Universale Cosmographo, 1546
Giacomo Gastaldi – Universale Cosmographo, 1546
Image spliced together from multiple screen caps (original at Harvard). The following information is courtesy of Jonathan Potter Maps (an excellent web resource) www.jpmaps.co.uk/ Giacomo Gastaldi (c.1500-1566) was ...
Tag: 16th century