Medieval Depiction Of The Solar System #1 is a photograph by Renaissance And Medieval Manuscripts Collection/new York Public Library which was uploaded on July 14th, 2016.
Medieval Depiction Of The Solar System #1
Medieval depiction of the Solar System. 1230 extract from De sphaera mundi, by the Parisian astronomer and monk Johannes de Sacrobosco (circa... more
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Medieval Depiction Of The Solar System #1
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Renaissance And Medieval Manuscripts Collection/new York Public Library
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Medieval depiction of the Solar System. 1230 extract from De sphaera mundi, by the Parisian astronomer and monk Johannes de Sacrobosco (circa 1195-1256), showing the solar system with the Earth at centre. De sphaera mundi is a short astronomy textbook that was widely read and influential in Europe as an introduction to astronomy. Sacrobosco is also known for writing a short introduction to the Hindu-Arabic numeral system, which became the most widely read introduction to the subject in the later mediaeval centuries. He also correctly described the defects of the then-used Julian calendar and recommended what was essentially the Gregorian calendar.
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