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- Schema huius præmiʃʃæ diuiʃionis Sphærarum.
- COELVM EMPIREVM HABITACVLVM DEI ET OMNIVM ELECTORVM
- Ⅰ0 ♌ ¦ Decimŭm Cœlŭm ♋ ¦ Primŭ Mobile ♊ ¦ ♉ ¦ ♈ ¦ ♓ ¦ ♒ ¦ ♑ ¦ ♐ ¦ ♏ ¦ ♎ ¦ ♍ ¦
- 9 ♋ ¦ Nonŭ Cœlŭm ♊ ¦ Criʃtallinŭm ♉ ¦ ♈ ¦ ⊕ ♓ ¦ ♒ ¦ ♑ ¦ ♐ ¦ ♏ ¦ ♎ ¦⊕ ♍ ¦ ♌ ¦
- 8 ••••••★ ♋ ¦ (•) Octaŭum •• ♊ ¦ (•) Firmamentŭ • ♉ • ¦ •••••• ♈ ¦ ••★••★••• ♓ ¦ •••★• ♒ • ¦ ••••••••• ♑ ¦ •••★ ♐ ¦ ••••••• ♏ ¦ ★•★ ♎ ¦ ••••••• ♍ ¦ ••★•••• ♌ ¦
- 7 COELÛ ♃ SATVRNI ★
- 6 ♄ IOVIS ★
- 5 ♂ MARTIS ★
- 4 ☉ SOLIS ☼
- 3 ♀VENERIS ★
- Z ☿ MERCVRII ★
- Ⅰ ☾ LVNÆ ◯ ☽ ◯
- (•) Star aligned with following word; only two sizes of stars are used, relative positions ignored
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From [1] in [2] obviously mediaeval, therefore PD.
It says at the top "Schema huius praemissae diuisionis Sphaerarum"
These are the celestial orbs (not a strict Ptolemaic system) as drawn in Peter Apian's Cosmographia (Antwerp, 1539).--Fastfission 23:04, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
- More recent edition of file is from Edward Grant, "Celestial Orbs in the Latin Middle Ages", Isis, Vol. 78, No. 2. (Jun., 1987), pp. 152-173.