A medieval illumination from De proprietatibus rerum (Book of the Properties of Things ), depicting astronomers observing the earth. 15th century CE, now housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France [793×793]
A medieval illumination from De proprietatibus rerum (Book of the Properties of Things ), depicting astronomers observing the earth. 15th century CE, now housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France [793×793]
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I wonder how they proposed the astronomers would leave earth?
This is wonderful. Do you have the shelf mark?