Cosmology & celestial charts
Medieval diagram of Earth, planets and Heaven
Historical recordStacked visual bands do not establish terrestrial shape.
What this record establishes
Institutional record documented; does not authenticate interpretations.
Record details
- Original title
- Buch der Natur universe diagram
- Artifact date
- 1481 edition
- Creator
- Konrad von Megenberg
- Holding institution
- Library of Congress
- Classification
- Christian celestial diagram
Antarctica connection
Contextual visual history; not direct evidence about Antarctica
Relevance and caution
Stacked visual bands do not establish terrestrial shape.
Geocentric universe woodcut, Buch der Natur, 1481, folio 23v; Bayerische Staatsbibliothek copy.
Konrad von Megenberg, Das Buch der Natur, Augsburg: Johann Bämler, 1481. München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, 2 Inc.c.a. 1039, urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb00031026-7 / Public Domain Mark 1.0.
Image source record · Reuse terms
Image rights and evidence limits
Public Domain Mark 1.0 explicitly in institutional IIIF manifest license field.
Image existence does not prove a linked claim. Consult image-specific captions and reuse conditions.
Sources and what they support
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- image reproduction provenance; not proof of a linked interpretationhttps://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb00031026?page=49
- image reuse conditionshttps://api.digitale-sammlungen.de/iiif/presentation/v2/bsb00031026/manifest
- institutional or documentary recordhttps://www.loc.gov/exhibits/world/heavens.html#obj74
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