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Title

  • Thurneisser's "Astrolabium".

Other Title

  • Astrolabium

Summary

  • The Archidoxa (1569), a collection of astrological ideas and predictions, is one of the most famous works of Leonhard Thurneisser (or Thurneysser, circa 1530-96), a scholar with broad scientific knowledge, whose involvement in alchemy brought denunciation from some fellow scientists. As an addition to Archidoxa, in 1575 Thurneisser published the Astrolabium. The astrolabe had revolving discs showing constellations and other features of the heavens that were meant to determine the course of the planets and their influences. In theory, it enabled the user to predict his fate or natural disasters. This book was used to create individual horoscopes with the aid of volvelles (wheel charts). The engraving of the work has been attributed to Peter Hille. Each leaf has a large horoscopic diagram as its central feature, surrounded by detailed and intricate decoration featuring the attributes and chemical equipment of Thurnneisser's principal enterprise, with two shields on either side at the head of the diagram featuring figures related to the planet involved--with this last exception all sheets are alike. The entire display is headed by boxed explanatory text. Each of the hand-colored plates in the work contains a different constellation and Des Menschen Cirkel und Lauff (Man's circle of life) with up to six wheel charts depicting the fixed stars and a Baum des Lebens (Tree of life).

Names

  • Hille, Peter Engraver.
  • Thurneisser zum Thurn, Leonhard, 1530?-1596 Creator.

Created / Published

  • Berlin : [publisher not identified], 1575.

Headings

  • -  Germany
  • -  1575
  • -  Astrolabes
  • -  Astrology
  • -  Constellations
  • -  Zodiac

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Reference extracted from World Digital Library: Getty Research Institute, record for Dess Menschen Circkel und Lauff; Dess Saturni Circkel und Lauff; Dess Jupiters Circkel und Lauff; Dess Martis Circkel und Lauff; Der Sonnen Circkel und Lauff; Der Veneris Circkel und Lauff; Dess Mercurii Circkel und Lauff; Dess Mons Circkel und Lauff, http://primo.getty.edu/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=GRI&afterPDS=true&institution=01GRI&docId=GETTY_ALMA21122807370001551. External
  • -  Original resource at: Berlin State Library - Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation.
  • -  Content in Latin.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021670764

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Chicago citation style:

Hille, Peter Engraver, and Leonhard Thurneisser Zum Thurn. Thurneisser's "Astrolabium". Germany, 1575. [Berlin: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670764/.

APA citation style:

Hille, P. E. & Thurneisser Zum Thurn, L. (1575) Thurneisser's "Astrolabium". Germany, 1575. [Berlin: Publisher Not Identified] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670764/.

MLA citation style:

Hille, Peter Engraver, and Leonhard Thurneisser Zum Thurn. Thurneisser's "Astrolabium". [Berlin: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670764/>.