In sphaeram Ioannis de Sacro Bosco commentarius
Christopher Clavius was a German mathematician and Jesuit priest. This book provides commentary on Johannes de Sacrobosco's De Sphaera, a notable astronomical textbook printed in the late Middle Ages. Clavius adhered to the geocentric model of the solar system, with the Earth at the center. The...
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Ciotti, Giovanni Battista
1591
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| Online Access: | http://cdm15129.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p264101coll7/id/12932 |
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| Summary: | Christopher Clavius was a German mathematician and Jesuit priest. This book provides commentary on Johannes de Sacrobosco's De Sphaera, a notable astronomical textbook printed in the late Middle Ages. Clavius adhered to the geocentric model of the solar system, with the Earth at the center. The title page is illustrated with a woodcut of an armillary sphere and there are a few small woodcut illustrations, diagrams, and woodcut initials throughout. |
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