Diagram of the Solstices and Equinoxes

late 12th century

15.5 cm 26.7 cm

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This diagram shows the positions of the Sun on the days of the solstices and equinoxes. The center constitutes the observer's position, facing south (the diagram's top). The thin yellow band framing the diagram is the horizon. Six yellow circles connected by three red arcs of...

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Gruel and Englemann Collection, Paris [1]; acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1903; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] no. 131, bookplate on inside upper board
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