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Le livre du Ciel et du Monde Illustration of the Celestial spheres Note that although the order of the spheres is conventional, with the Moon and Mercury closest to the Earth and Saturn and the stars farthest, the spheres are convex upward centered on God rather than convex downward centered on the Earth. |
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Paris, BnF, Manuscrits, Fr. 565, fo 69 (detail) http://expositions.bnf.fr/ciel/grand/1-025.htm |
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| Author | Original art, Nicole Oresme (artist unknown); Scan, Bibliothèque National de France; Current file, SteveMcCluskey | |||
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