COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
MMA_.25.17
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MMA_.25.17
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2000
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2000
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Books
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Books
Object Type
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Creator Name:
Ostendorfer, Michael
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Ostendorfer, Michael
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
European; Northern European; German
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European; Northern European; German
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Role:
artist
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artist
Creator Role
false
Creator Dates/Places:
German, active 1520-1549
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German, active 1520-1549
Creator Dates/Places
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Made by Michael Ostendorfer
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Made by Michael Ostendorfer
Creator Name-CRT
false
Creator Name:
Apianus, Petrus
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Apianus, Petrus
Creator Name
false
Creator Nationality:
European; Northern European; German
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European; Northern European; German
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Role:
author
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author
Creator Role
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Written by Petrus Apianus
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Written by Petrus Apianus
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Astronomicum Caesareum
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Astronomicum Caesareum
Title
false
View:
Full View
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Full View
View
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Creation Date:
1540
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1540
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1540
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1540
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1540
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1540
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
Hand-colored woodcuts
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Hand-colored woodcuts
Materials and Techniques
false
Dimensions:
h: 45.4 cm x w: 32.3 cm x depth: 3.3 cm
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h: 45.4 cm x w: 32.3 cm x depth: 3.3 cm
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
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New York, New York, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
25.17
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25.17
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Gift of Herbert N. Straus, 1925
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Gift of Herbert N. Straus, 1925
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>
Rights
false
Context:
This most sumptuous of all Renaissance instructive manuals explained the use of the astrolabe (for taking the altitude of stars) and other instruments used for computing planetary positions. The author, court astronomer to the Emperor Charles V, also provided new observations on the comet of 1531 (Halley's Comet). Only about forty copies of this work survive; very few still have the seed pearls that were originally attached to the string markers on each of the eighteen disks.
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<P>This most sumptuous of all Renaissance instructive manuals explained the use of the astrolabe (for taking the altitude of stars) and other instruments used for computing planetary positions. The author, court astronomer to the Emperor Charles V, also provided new observations on the comet of 1531 (Halley's Comet). Only about forty copies of this work survive; very few still have the seed pearls that were originally attached to the string markers on each of the eighteen disks.</P>
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.dp25.17.R.tif
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MMA_.dp25.17.R.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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