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Description	Peter Apian, Cosmographia, Antwerp, 1524 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 Latina: Schema huius praemissae divisionis sphaerarum. · Coelum empireum habitaculum dei et omnium electorum · 10 Decimum coelum primu mobile · 9 Nonu coelum cristallinum · 8 Octavum [coelum] firmamentu · 7 Coelu saturni · 6 [Coelu] Iovis · 5 [Coelu] Martis · 4 [Coelu] Solis · 3 [Coelu] Veneris · 2 [Coelu] Mercurii · 1 [Coelu] Lunae Compare to: Sacrobosco's De sphaera mundi
Date	28 December 2005
Source	from Edward Grant, "Celestial Orbs in the Latin Middle Ages", Isis, Vol. 78, No. 2. (Jun., 1987), pp. 152-173.
Author	Fastfission

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From in 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.

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File change date and time	23:08, 28 December 2005

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