Guardian of the Kingdom of God
From a copy of the Persian version of Qazwini’s The marvels of creation and the oddities of existence, 1500s
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Formation of the crescent of the Moon, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad Qazwīnī, Turkish version of ʿAjāʾib al-makhlūqāt (Wonders of creation).17th c
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Calculation of solar and lunar eclipses from: Marvels of Creatures and Strange Things Existing, by al-Qazwini (14th century)
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Hilma af Klint, The Dove, No 12, 1915, 158 x 130 cm, oil on canvas
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Mongolian Astrological chart, ND
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An Islamic Astrological chart from the 10th Century AD
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Jain Cosmological Map (c. 1890), gouache on canvas
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The Hand of God, Romanesque fresco from Sant Climent de Taüll in the Catalan Pyrenees, unknown artist, ca. 1123
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Le sphere de monde by Oronce Finé, 1549
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The Ebstorf Mappa Mundi, made by Gervase of Ebstorf in the 1290s, was found in Ebstorf, Germany in 1843
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Franz von Stuck, ceiling in the music room of Villa Stuck, Munich, 1898.
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Dante's vision of the 'Primum Mobile'
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A Planispheric Vision of the Copernican System
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God the Divine architect from a German Bible, circa 1250
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The angel Ruh holding the celestial spheres, from ʿAjā'ib al-makhlūqāt wa gharā'ib al-mawjūdāt, The Wonders of Creation (عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب الموجودات Marvels of creatures and Strange things existing) by Zakariya al-Qazwini (b.1203), also known as "The cosmography of Qazwini"
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The Villa Stuck is one of Munich’s hidden gems. It’s got a rather Theosophist sort of vibe, although I have no idea if Stuck was part of that set.
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