Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Volume 2: Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and AstronomyStevenson, Edward Luther
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Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Volume 2: Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and Astronomy
Stevenson, Edward Luther
Geography -- History; Globes
It was proposed to change the name Sun to Christ, the Moon to Maria,
Saturn to Adam, Jupiter to Moses, Mars to Joshua, Venus to John the
Baptist, and Mercury to Elias.
The suggestions of Schiller, of Bayer, and of their contemporaries,
or near contemporaries, Schickard, Bartsch, and Harsdörfer, with the
added support of Weigel, seem to have found little favor among
astronomers.
[70] Weigel, E. Universi corporis pansophici prodromus. Jena, 1672;
same author. Beschreibung der verbesserten Himmels- und Erdgloben.
Jena, 1681.
[71] Coronelli, op. cit., pp. 331-332; Wolf, op. cit., pp. 426-427,
n. 16; Günther-Fiorini, op. cit., p. 85, n.
[72] Fiorini, op. cit., pp. 308-310.
[73] Quoted by Fiorini, op. cit., pp. 306-307.
[74] Practically the only information we have concerning Moroncelli,
aside from that which may be gained from his globes, is contained in
a manuscript preserved in the Biolioteca Municipale of Fabriano,
titled, “Vite dei Monaci Illustri di S. Benedetto in Fabriano,” by
the Monk Feliziani, who died in the year 1683. Extracts from this
have courteously been sent the author in reply to letters of
inquiry. See also Fiorini, op. cit., p. 310.
[75] Letter from the director, Dr. G. Coggiola, dated January 4,
1914.
[76] See II, 34.
[77] Fiorini, op. cit., p. 323.
[78] Christina, daughter of Gustavus Adolphus; succeeded her father
as ruler of Sweden. In the year 1654 she abdicated the throne,
became a devout Catholic and passed a considerable part of her
remaining years in Rome, residing at first in the Palazzo Farnese,
and later in the Palazzo Riario, bringing together in the latter
place of residence a large collection of books and objects of art.
Much of her collection later passed to the Vatican.
[79] Fiorini, op. cit., p. 323.
[80] See note 9, above.
[81] Coronelli, op. cit., pp. 325-330; Dictionary of National
Biography, “Palmer, Roger” (Count of Castlemaine), to which is
appended a somewhat lengthy list of bibliographical references.
[82] Moxon, J. The English globe, being a stabil and immobil one,
performing what the ordinary globes do, and much more. Invented and
described by the Right honorable, the Earl of Castlemaine. The
second edition corrected by J. Moxon. London, 1696.
[83] Coronelli, op. cit., p. 333.
[84] It has been impossible to locate a copy of this work or to get
further information concerning Treffler.
[85] Fiorini, op. cit., p. 376.
[86] Fiorini, op. cit., p. 377.
[87] Briefly described in a letter received by the author from the
Biblioteca Estense of Modena.
[88] Fiorini, M. Vincenzo Coronelli ed i suoi globi cosmografici.
(In: Annuario Astro-Meteorologico. Roma, 1893.); Rigobon. Biografia
e studi del P. Vincenzo Coronelli. (In: Archivo Veneto, Vol. III,
pt. i, p. 267.); Ginanni, P. P. Memorie storico critiche degli
scrittori Ravennati. Faenza, 1769. Vol. I, p. 162; Pasolini, S.
Huomini illustri di Ravenna antica ed altri degni professori di
lettere ed armi. Bologna, 1703. p. 63.
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