Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Compilatio historiarum / Giovanni, da Udine
Switzerland, Basel, ca. 1476
MS M.158 fol. 2v

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Diagrams, left: 1) Diagram for Ark of Noah with sections labeled: FENESTRA CRISTALLINA; MANSIONES ANIMALIUM MITIUM; MANSIONES ANIMALIUM IN MICIUM; MANSIONES HOMINIUM ET AUIUM; HOSTIUM APOTHECA; SENTINA; STERCORARIA. 2) Diagram for ark of Noah with sections labeled: FENESTRA CRISTALLINA; MANSIONES HOMINIUM ET ANIMALIUM MICIUM; APOTHECARIA; STERCORARIA; SENTINA. Diagram, center: 3) Decorated lozenge-shaped medallion inscribed NOE at top of genealogy for Noah. Diagram, right: 4) Round geocentric diagram with center sections of continents labelled ASIA, AFRICA, EUROPA and concentric orbits labelled; AQUA, AER, FERA IGNIS; ORBIS LUNE; ORBIS MERCURII; ORBIS UENERIS; ORBIS SOLIS; ORBIS MARTIS; ORBIS IOUIS; ORBIS SATURNI; FIRMAMENTUM IN CELUM STELLATUM; CELUM CRISTALINAM IN PIRIUM MOBLEM; CELUM EMPIREUM; SOL, VENUS, MERCURIS, SATURNA; LUNA; MARS; IUPITER. Text is from Genesis.