Johannes Collection (page 3)

Pope John XVI. Johannes Philagathos (died c1001) was an antipope from 997 to 998 AD

The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, 19th century. Artist: Johann Poppei
The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, 19th century. The only remaining city gate of Berlin, the Brandenburg Gate was commissioned by Frederick William II of Prussia

Carnival in Venice, 17th century. Artist: Johannes Lingelbach
Carnival in Venice, 17th century. Found in the collection of the State Open-air Museum Palace Gatchina, St Petersburg

Richard Muhlfeld, German clarinettist, 1890s. The quality of Muhlfelds (1856-1907) playing, with the Meiningen orchestra, has been credited with inspiring Johannes Brahms to resume composing in

Johannes Brahms, German composer and pianist, 1889. Artist: C Brasch
Johannes Brahms, German composer and pianist, 1889. Brahms (1833-1897) was one of the leading musical figures of the Romantic period. From a private collection

The Gutenberg Monument, Frankfurt, Germany, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
The Gutenberg Monument, Frankfurt, Germany, late 19th century. Memorial to German metalworker and inventor Johannes Gutenberg (1400-1468) who invented a method of printing from movable type

Basket of Fruit and Admiral Butterfly on Stone Table, 1610. Artist: Joannes Busschaert
Basket of Fruit and Admiral Butterfly on Stone Table, 1610

Series of observations of the planet Saturn, 1656. These observations made by Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687), latinized name of the German astronomer Jan Hewel or Hewelcke

Regular geometrical solids of various types, 1619. On centre right are the geometrical solids for the elements Earth, Air, Fire, Water and the fifth heavenly element

Johannes Hevelius, German astronomer, 1673. Known now by the latinized form of his name - Jan Hewel or Hewelcke - Hevelius (1611-1687)

Keplers explanation of the structure of the planetary system, 1619. Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) used the five regular polyhedra between the spheres of the planets in the diagram of his explanation

Copernican (heliocentric) system of the universe, 17th century. Artist: Johannes Hevelius
Copernican (heliocentric) system of the universe, 17th century. Nicholas Copernicus published his sun-centred theory of the universe in his De Revolutionibus (1543)

Music of the Spheres, 1619. The divine musical scales of the planets which German astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) calculated from the velocities of the planets when closest to

Title page of A Discourse Concerning a New World & Another Planet by John Wilkins, 1683. Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler are represented in the bottom corners. (London, 1683 (Ist edition 1640))

Keplers concept of an attractive force from the Sun - a virtue, early 16th century. Johannes Keplers (1571-1630) idea of gravity by which he hoped to account for his elliptical planetary orbits was

Keplers illustration to explain his discovery of the elliptical orbit of Mars, 1609. Working with data collected by the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe

Johannes Hevelius, German astronomer, 1647. Known now by the latinized form of his name - Jan Hewel or Hewelcke - Hevelius (1611-1687)

Johannes Kepler, German astronomer, early 17th century, (c1903). Kepler (1571-1630) went to Prague in 1600 to assist Tycho Brahe

Johannes Kepler, German astronomer, c1600, (c1870). Kepler (1571-1630) went to Prague in 1600 to assist Tycho Brahe. On Tychos death the following year

Kepler and Brahe at work together (c1600), c1870. German astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), left, with the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1564-1601)

Transit of Venus, 1639, (1662). Artist: Johannes Hevelius
Transit of Venus, 1639, (1662). Polish astronmer Johannes Heveliuss engraving of Jeremiah Horrockss observations of the transit of Venus, 24 November 1639

A page from the Gutenberg Bible, 15th century. Artist: Johannes Gutenberg
A page from the Gutenberg Bible, the first use of moveable type, 15th century

Detail from the fifteenth century Gutenburg Bible, of the opening of Ephesians. Artist: Johannes Gutenburg
Detail from the Gutenburg Bible, of the opening of Ephesians, 1454

Page from a Gutenberg Bible, 1455. Artist: Johannes Gutenberg
Page from the Gutenberg Bible, 1455. Johann Gutenberg (c1398-1468) is regarded as the inventor of movable type. In 1455 he produced the first large printed book, the Gutenberg Bible

Page from Gutenbergs Bible, c1455. Artist: Johannes Gutenberg
Page from Gutenbergs Bible, c1455. Johann Gutenberg (c1398-1468) is regarded as the inventor of movable type. In 1455 he produced the first large printed book, the Gutenberg Bible

Constellation of Andromeda, 1723. Andromeda chained to rocks waiting for rescue by Perseus. German astronomer and lawyer Johannes Bayer (1572-1625)

Constellation of Leo, 1723. From Uranometria by Johannes Bayer. (Ulm, 1723). German astronomer and lawyer Johann Bayer (1572-1625)

Constellation of Argo Navis, 1723. From Uranometria by Johannes Bayer. (Ulm, 1723). German astronomer and lawyer Bayer (1572-1625)

Fruits on a Table Setting of Stone, c1653-1659. Artist: Johannes Borman
Fruits on a Table Setting of Stone, c1653-1659

Observing a solar eclipse, 1673. Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687), a wealthy Polish brewer and councillor of Danzig, devoted much time and money to astronomy

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