http://www.metafilter.com/tags/uranometria Posts tagged with 'uranometria' at MetaFilter. Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:32:06 -0800 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:32:06 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/67418/Historic%2DCelestial%2DAtlas%2DIllustrations In 1627, <a href="http://www.lindahall.org/services/digital/ebooks/schiller/schiller005.shtml">Schiller's Coelum Stellatum Christianum attempted to replace the mythical constellation figures with Christian figures</a>. <a href="http://www.lindahall.org/services/digital/index.shtml">More</a> from the Linda Hall Library Digital Services Unit. <b>Art, illustration, <i>and</i> astronomy aficionados</b> will appreciate the beauty of historic celestial atlas illustrations: <a href="http://www.usno.navy.mil/library/rare/Bayer%201603.htm">Bayer's Uranometria 1603</a> (also the <a href="http://www.usno.navy.mil/library/rare/Bayer%201603.htm">1661 Edition</a>), <a href="http://web.genie.it/utenti/c/caglieris_gm/fortin/costellazion_englishi.htm">Flamsteed - Fortin Atlas Celeste - 1776</a> (<a href="http://web.genie.it/utenti/c/caglieris_gm/fortin/english.htm">text intro</a>), <a href="http://www.usno.navy.mil/library/artwork/jamieson.htm">Celestial Atlas by Alexander Jamieson</a>. <a href="http://hubblesource.stsci.edu/sources/illustrations/constellations/">HubbleSource</a> is cleaning up scans from one historic atlas and <a href="http://hubblesource.stsci.edu/sources/illustrations/constellations/">making them available in web and hi-res versions</a> for use in non-commercial applications. (See also: <a href="http://www.davidrumsey.com/directory/what/Celestial/">David Rumsey Map Collection</a>, and the exhibition <i><a href="http://www.lindahall.org/events_exhib/exhibit/exhibits/stars/intro.htm">Out of this World</a></i> (<a href="http://www.lindahall.org/events_exhib/exhibit/exhibits/stars/index.htm">index</a> &amp; <a href="http://www.lindahall.org/events_exhib/exhibit/exhibits/stars/toc.htm">T.O.C.</a>), more <a href="http://www.usno.navy.mil/library/artwork/artwork.html">Images, Artwork and Historical Objects at the US Naval Observatory</a>. Note: <i>Some</i> of the links above have been <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/43193/Star-Atlases-Mercator-Globes-and-Celestial-Sundries">posted</a> <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/52987/Antique-Celestial-Maps">previously</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.67418 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:32:06 -0800 astronomy celestial constellations ephemera historic illustrations uranometria spock