Axial Commons Image Treasury
Black-and-white engraving of a large armillary sphere among stars, with two robed scholars seated at a table below, inside an ornate border.

Astronomy: Ptolemy and Johannes Regiomontanus, seated with an armillary sphere and the heavens above them. Process print, 1879, after a woodcut, 1543.

A framed black-and-white engraving shows a large armillary sphere with zodiac bands and labeled circles, set among stars in the upper sky. Below, two robed scholars sit at a table with books and an instrument, a landscape and town behind them, within a dense ornamental border.

Artist
Unknown
Date
1879
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2676 × 4000 px
Download full size
Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1879.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Esfera armilar y dos eruditos, grabado italiano de 1879

Un grabado en blanco y negro enmarcado muestra una gran esfera armilar con bandas zodiacales y círculos rotulados, rodeada de estrellas en el cielo superior. Abajo, dos eruditos con túnica están sentados ante una mesa con libros y un instrumento, con paisaje y ciudad al fondo, dentro de un denso marco ornamental.

Português: Esfera armilar e dois eruditos, gravura italiana de 1879

Uma gravura em preto e branco emoldurada mostra uma grande esfera armilar com faixas do zodíaco e círculos rotulados, cercada de estrelas no céu superior. Embaixo, dois eruditos de túnica sentam-se diante de uma mesa com livros e um instrumento, com paisagem e cidade ao fundo, dentro de uma densa moldura ornamental.

More from Maps and Cosmos

Engraved portrait of a man with a ruffled collar holding a chain, with two globes and a ship at right, and a printed verse below.Captain Thomas Cavendish (Candish)Engraved oval portrait of a bearded older man in a tall cap, lace ruff and chain of office, with Latin and English inscriptions in a decorative frame.Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, 2nd Baron Howard of EffinghamEngraved oval portrait of a bearded king in a crown and fur-trimmed robes, holding a scepter and orb, with Latin inscription and text below.Edward III (Edward of Windsor), King of EnglandAnatomical plate with eight numbered views of a human heart, some exterior and some cut open to show chambers, red muscle and pale vessels, with a small cross-section at center.Atlas of human anatomy : with explanatory text / by C.E. Bock.Dark engraved full-length portrait of a standing man in a dark suit pointing left, with a draped table holding papers and books at right.Henry ClayEngraving of a veiled robed woman pointing upward beside an armillary sphere, inside a decorative border, with the word ASTRONOMY below.A woman personifying astronomy. Engraving by J. Caldwall after W. Collins after R. Willett