Sebastian Munster Collection

Illustration from "Kosmographie" by Sebastian Munster, plate 46 from Woodcuts from, ... 1937
Illustration from "Kosmographie" by Sebastian Munster, plate 46 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century, 1564, assembled into portfolio 1937

Horologiographia, post priorem aeditionem per Sebast. Munsterum, 1533. Creator: Workshop of Hans Holbein the Younger
Horologiographia, post priorem aeditionem per Sebast. Munsterum, 1533

Portrait of the cosmographer Sebastian Munster (1489-1552), c. 1550. Artist: Amberger, Christoph (ca. 1500-1562)
Portrait of the cosmographer Sebastian Munster (1489-1552), c. 1550. Found in the collection of Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Cross-staffs used for surveying, 1551. In this case they are being used to measure the width of a river by triangulation. From Rudimenta Mathematica by Sebastian Munster. (Basel, 1551)

Surveying and timekeeping, 1551. On the left are various different kinds of sundial and a clock with a single arm. On the right a survey is being made of the height of the tower, using quadrants

Surveying, 1551. Obtaining the height of a building by the use of a cross-staff. From Rudimenta Mathematica by Sebastian Munster. (Basel, 1551)

Using a quadrant with a plumb bob to calculate the height of a tower by triangulation, 1551. From Rudimenta Mathematica by Sebastian Munster. (Basel, 1551)

Mining, 1550. In the foreground ore is being broken up with a hammer, while in the background a man is wheeling a truck full of ore out of the mine on a track with wooden rails

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