Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia
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- Girolamo della Volpaia
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Armillary sphere on triple claw feet and inner wooden globe
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Armillary sphere on triple claw feet and inner wooden globe
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Armillary sphere on triple claw feet and inner wooden globe
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
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Armillary sphere made by Girolamo Della Volpaia, Florence, Italy, 1554. Inscribed ‘'Hieronymus Carmilli Vulpariae, Florentin, F.1554'.
The armillary sphere is a demonstration device to explain the movements of the Sun, Moon, stars and planets across the sky. Its interlocking rings and zodiac band can be used to teach astronomical principles in same manner as a celestial globe or act as a model of the universe. This armillary sphere encloses a manuscript terrestrial globe and is known as a Ptolemaic armillary sphere because it is based on the idea of the Earth-centred universe. Later examples placed the Sun at the centre and are known as Copernican armillary spheres.
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Armillary sphereDetails
- Category:
- Astronomy
- Object Number:
- 1878-12
- Materials:
- wood
- type:
- armillary sphere
- credit:
- Myers and Son
