Media Name:
An Ancient Model of the Universe
Copyright:
Mike de Sousa © 2015
Last Modified:
11/10/2015
Description:
A beautiful, exquisite celestial globe close to 1500 years old made by the astronomer / instrument maker Yûnus Ibn al-Husayn al-Asturlabî, and presented in the Louvre in Paris. The globe comprises all of the constellations mentioned in the Almagest, the great book of astronomy by Ptolemy written in Greek in Alexandria in the 2nd century CE.