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Star Map from Kircher's "Oedipus Aegyptiacus"

Egyptian star map from Athanasius Kircher's 'Oedipus Aegyptiacus,' a three folio tome of ornate illustrations and diagrams drawn from Chaldean astrology, Hebrew kabbalah, Greek myths, Pythagorean mathematics, Arabian alchemy and Latin philology, published in Rome over the period 1652 - 54.

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Star Map from Kircher's "Oedipus Aegyptiacus"

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Egyptian star map from Athanasius Kircher's 'Oedipus Aegyptiacus,' a three folio tome of ornate illustrations and diagrams drawn from Chaldean astrology, Hebrew kabbalah, Greek myths, Pythagorean mathematics, Arabian alchemy and Latin philology, published in Rome over the period 1652 - 54.

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Album / Science Source / New York Public Library

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3330 x 3524 px | 33.6 MB

Print size:

28.2 x 29.8 cm | 11.1 x 11.7 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

ART • ARTWORK • ASTROLOGICAL • ASTROLOGY • ATHANASIUS KIRCHER • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • BOOK PAGE • BOOK • BW • CELESTIAL SPHERE • CELESTIAL • CONSTELLATIONS • DRAWING • EGYPTIAN • HEAVENLY • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • KIRCHER • MANUSCRIPT • OEDIPUS AEGYPTIACUS • PAGE • PARANATELLONTA • RENAISSANCE • SIGN • SKY CHART • SPHÈRE • STAR CHART • STAR MAP • STAR SIGN