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Lyra Constellation, 1482

Lyra is a small constellation. Its principal star, Vega, a corner of the Summer Triangle, is one of the brightest stars in the sky. Poeticon astronomicon is a star atlas whose authorship is disputed. The work was originally attributed to the Roman historian Gaius Julius Hyginus (64 BC - AD 17). The book lists most of the constellations in the same order as Ptolemy's Almagest (2nd century AD) which has led many to believe that a more recent Hyginus created the text. The Poeticon astronomicon was not formally published until 1482, by Erhard Ratdolt. He commissioned a series of woodcuts, but the relative positions of the stars bear little resemblance to the descriptions given by Hyginus in the text or the actual positions of the stars in the sky.
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Lyra Constellation, 1482
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Lyra is a small constellation. Its principal star, Vega, a corner of the Summer Triangle, is one of the brightest stars in the sky. Poeticon astronomicon is a star atlas whose authorship is disputed. The work was originally attributed to the Roman historian Gaius Julius Hyginus (64 BC - AD 17). The book lists most of the constellations in the same order as Ptolemy's Almagest (2nd century AD) which has led many to believe that a more recent Hyginus created the text. The Poeticon astronomicon was not formally published until 1482, by Erhard Ratdolt. He commissioned a series of woodcuts, but the relative positions of the stars bear little resemblance to the descriptions given by Hyginus in the text or the actual positions of the stars in the sky.
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Album / Science Source / U.S. Naval Observatory Library
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3300 x 4606 px | 43.5 MB
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27.9 x 39.0 cm | 11.0 x 15.4 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1482 • 15TH CENTURY • ART • ARTWORK • ASTERISM • ASTRONOMICAL • ASTRONOMY • BW • CELEBRITY • CELESTIAL ATLAS • CELESTIAL BODY • CELESTIAL SPHERE • CELESTIAL • CONSTELLATION • DRAWING • FAMOUS • HEAVENLY BODY • HEAVENLY • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HYGINUS • ILLUSTRATION • IMPORTANT • LYRA • LYRE, THE • MEDIEVAL • MIDDLE AGES • NOTABLE • PATTERN OF STARS • POETICON ASTRONOMICON • SCIENCE • STAR ATLAS • STAR CHART • STAR MAP • WELL-KNOWN • WOODBLOCK • WOODCUT • XYLOGRAPHY