Ptolemy Collection

Ptolemys Map of the World cA. D 150. (1912) Artist: Claudius Ptolemy
Ptolemys Map of the World cA.D 150. The Ptolemy world map is a map of the known world to Hellenistic society in the 2nd century AD

The School of Athens. (Fresco in Stanza della Segnatura), ca 1510-1511. Creator: Raphael
The School of Athens. (Fresco in Stanza della Segnatura), ca 1510-1511. Private Collection

Ptolemy World map, 1467. Found in the collection of Biblioteka Narodowa, Warszawa

Theatrum Orbis Terrarium, 1592. Creator: Unknown
Theatrum Orbis Terrarium, 1592. Called the first modern atlas, adapted from Mercator's world map; large coloured atlas with Ptolemy's Geographia, 1592; continents

Atlas of Borso d Este, ca 1466-1467. Creator: Germanus, Donnus Nicolaus (ca. 1420-ca
Atlas of Borso d Este, ca 1466-1467. Found in the collection of Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, Modena

In Claudii Ptolemaei Geographiacae Enarrationis Libri octo. March 30, 1525

Philosophy Enthroned, mid-16th century. Creator: Virgil Solis
Philosophy Enthroned, mid-16th century

Map of the World, According to Ptolemy, 1923. Creator: Agathodaemon of Alexandria
Map of the World, According to Ptolemy, 1923. From " Australia, New Zealand and Oceania in Pictures", by H. Clive Barnard, M.A. Blitt. [A. & C. Black, Limited, London, 1923]

Nebulosity and star cluster in Serpens. Creator: NASA
Nebulosity and star cluster in Serpens. Serpens (from the Latin for serpent) is a constellation of the northern hemisphere

Ptolemic System, 1660-1661. Artist: Andreas Cellarius
Ptolemic System, 1660-1661. The Ptolemaic or geocentric model has the Earth at the centre of the Universe with all the other bodies, including the Sun, orbiting around it

Claudius Ptolemy and Boethius. Found in the Collection of Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid

Capture of Jerusalem by Ptolemy Soter. Illustration in Flavius Josephus Antiquities of the Jews (A)
Capture of Jerusalem by Ptolemy Soter. Illustration in Flavius Josephus Antiquities of the Jews (Antiquitatum Iudaicarum). Found in the Collection of Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Map of Muscovy by Ptolemy (Octava Europe Tabula). Artist: Anonymous master
Map of Muscovy by Ptolemy (Octava Europe Tabula). Private Collection

Ptolemy World map. Artist: Germanus, Donnus Nicolaus (ca. 1420-ca. 1490)
Ptolemy World map. Private Collection

Claudius Ptolemy. Detail of a historiated initial C (Cosmographia), Second Half of the 15th cen Artist: Anonymous
Claudius Ptolemy. Detail of a historiated initial C (Cosmographia), Second Half of the 15th cen.. Found in the collection of the British Library

Geographia by Ptolemy, ca 1454. Artist: Anonymous master
Geographia by Ptolemy, ca 1454. Found in the collection of the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice

Philosophia, 1502 (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer
Philosophia, 1502 (1906). From Durer Des Meisters Gemalde Kupferstiche und Holzschnitte in 471 Abbildungen [Stuttgart und Leipzig, Deutsch Verlags-Ansalt, 1906]

Claudius Ptolemy. Found in the Collection of Musee du Louvre, Paris

Scenography of the Ptolemaic cosmography (From Andreas Cellarius Harmonia Macrocosmica), c. 1660. From a private collection

Frontispiece of the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems by Galileo Galilei, 1632. Found in the collection of the Biblioteca del Seminario Vescovile di Padova

Costume design for classical figures, 16th century. Artist: Giuseppe Arcimboldi
Costume design for classical figures, 16th century. Top left: Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), Roman orator and statesman. Top right: Euclid (active 300 BC), Greek mathematician

Geocentric or Earth-centred system of the universe, 1528. At the centre is the world showing Aristotles (384-323 BC) four elements, Earth, Air, Fire and Water, surrounded by the spheres of the Sun

Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, weighing and comparing systems of the universe, 1651. She is depicted giving greater weight to Tycho Brahes system, right, than to that of Copernicus

Greek manuscript of Ptolemys Geography. Artist: Claudius Ptolemy
Greek manuscript of Ptolemys Geography. Ptolemy (Claudius of Ptolemeus) (c90-168) was an Alexandrian astronomer and geographer

Ptolemy, Alexandrian Greek astronomer and geographer, 1508. Ptolemy (Claudius of Ptolemaeus) (c100-c170 AD), using a quadrant to observe the Moon and stars. Urania, Muse of Astronomy, instructs him

Ptolemaic (geocentric / Earth-centred) system of the Universe, 1708
Ptolemaic (geocentric/Earth-centred) system of the Universe, 1708. Illustration showing the position of the Sun, Moon and planets and the band of the ecliptic

Ptolemy (Claudius of Ptolemaeus), Alexandrian Greek astronomer and geographer, 1618. Ptolemy (fl150 AD) is shown wearing a crown as he was often confused with the Ptolemaic kings of Egypt

Ptolemy (Claudius of Ptolemaeus c90-158), Alexandrian Greek astronomer and geographer. Ptolemy making observations using a quadrant

Geocentric universe, 1493. God enthroned surrounded by the chosen and Angels, sits above a diagram of the geocentric Ptolemaic universe, with the Earth surrounded by water, air and fire

Frontispiece of Galileos Dialogo dei Massimi Sistemi, 1632. Artist: Stefano della Bella
Frontispiece of Galileos Dialogo dei Massimi Sistemi, 1632. The three figures, from left to right, are Aristotle, Ptolemy and Copernicus

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