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From [1] in [2] obviously mediaeval, therefore PD.

It says at the top "Schema huius praemissae diuisionis Sphaerarum"

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These are the celestial orbs (not a strict Ptolemaic system) as drawn in Peter Apian's Cosmographia (Antwerp, 1539).--Fastfission 23:04, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

  • More recent edition of file is from Edward Grant, "Celestial Orbs in the Latin Middle Ages", Isis, Vol. 78, No. 2. (Jun., 1987), pp. 152-173.

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