Sphaera Mundi
Medium
Printed book with woodcut illustrations printed or colored with stencils in one, two, and three colors. Many marginal notes and sketches in brown ink.
Dimensions
7 5/8 x 5 3/8 x 1/2 in. (19.4 x 13.6 x 1.2 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Paul J. Sachs, 1917
Accession Number
17.45
Tags
Astronomy
About the Artist
Johannes de Sacrobosco (John Holybush)|George von Peuerbach|Johann Regiomontanus|Erhard Ratdolt (Scottish or British|Austrian|German|German) · 1195 |1423 |1436 |1442 –1256 |1461 |1476 |1533
British (?), active Paris ca. 1220–ca. 1256|Austrian, Peuerbach 1423–1461 Vienna|German, Königsberg 1436–1476 Rome|German, Augsburg ca. 1447–ca. 1528 Augsburg