Our end of the week endpapers are from The Pageant of the Stars. 1928. Have a great weekend!
via @nemfrog
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LJS 478 - [Astronomical anthology]
This manuscript is a collection of astronomical treatises:
- Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Bīrūnī’s Kitāb fī istīʻāb al-wujūh al-mumkina fī ṣanʻat al-asṭurlāb (On the construction of the astrolabe);
- two treatises on “crab and drum” astrolabes now attributed to the 10th-century astronomer Nasṭūlus (or Basṭūlus);
- a treatise on an instrument for finding the direction of Mecca;
- a treatise on the ecliptic;
- a treatise on the compass.
It was written in Persia or Anatolia, in A.H. 625 (1228 CE).
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Peder Horrebow –Scientist of the Day
Peder Horrebow, a Danish astronomer, was born May 14, 1679.
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LJS 445 - Prenosticatio
Here you can see a German anthology of astrological and astronomical works, including material copied from three incunables: Johannes Lichtenberger’s Prognosticatio, astrological predictions about the fate of the Church, the Holy Roman Empire, and the laity; and two editions of the calendar of Regiomontanus. You can also spot some later pen trials on blank leaves. It was written possibly in Nuremberg, Germany, after 1488 CE.
There are several very nice illustrations! Which one is your favorite? (SPOILER: the Dragon. The dragon is the best).
Good morning, welcome to Sunday! The Sunday New York Times, December 14, 1919.
Image courtesy the Library of Congress.
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A Comet’s Journey – Illustration by J.J. Grandville from Un Autre Monde published 1844. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpJ–yDgzNq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19wlkger20u9b
Our end of the week endpapers are from "The Story of Astronomy and Minerals," 1929, part of: Covers and endpapers from a series of Japanese textbooks, 小学生全集 ("Complete Works for Elementary School Students"), the National Diet Library.
(Thanks, 50 Watts!)
Art | Archives is focused on the heavens today. There are some beautifully illustrated items out to browse including the "Atlas designed to illustrate the Geography of the Heavens" by Elijah Burritt, published in 1850. Here's a sample - a "northern circumpolar map for each month in the year" - an astrological star chart. #providence #libraries #rarebooks #maps #astrology #astronomy (at Providence Public Library)
Art//Archives Sneak Peek: Celestial Research The theme for this week's Art//Archives Visual Research Hours is: The Sky. Come check out a constellation (sorry) of astronomical books. We'll be here on Tuesday from 10:30 until 1:00.