Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

De sphaera
Austria, ca. 1425
MS M.722 fol. 1r

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Margin, lower:
Diagram of concentric circles with circles for planets in orbits labelled (toward center) DER ERST HYMEL, SATURNI, JUPITER, MARTIS, SOLIS, UENERIS, MERCURII, FEUER (?) and LUFT.
Column, left:
Initial D decorated with foliage and filigree infilling against gold background for beginning of Book of Sphaera Mundi.