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Aratea, Cetus Constellation,9th Century
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Title:
Aratea, Cetus Constellation,9th Century
Caption:
The sea-monster Cetus. Each page of the Aratea has a poem on the bottom half, written by the 3rd century BC poet Aratus and translated into Latin by Cicero, describing a constellation. The constellation is drawn above the poetry constructed with words taken from Hyginus’ Astronomica. NOTE: red dots show where the stars appear in the sky. France, 9th century (cropped and cleaned).
Credit:
Album / Science Source / British Library
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Image size:
3753 x 4500 px | 48.3 MB
Print size:
31.8 x 38.1 cm | 12.5 x 15.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
9TH CENTURY • 9TH • ARATUS • ASTRONOMIA • ASTRONOMY • CALLIGRAM • CETUS • CICERO • COMMUNICATION • CONSTELLATION • CREATURE • FABLED • GREEK • HISTORY • HYGINUS • ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • LEGEND • MANUSCRIPT, ILLUMINATED • MEDIEVAL • MYTH • POETRY • PUBLIC DOMAIN REVIEW • ROMAN • SCHOLIUM • SEA MONSTER • SEA SERPENT • WRITING
