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Tycho Brahe's Stjerneborg from Joan Blaeu's Atlas Maior, Amsterdam 1662, vol. 1

This image is a hand-colored copper-plate engraving by Willem Blaeu of the Stjerneborg observatory circa 1595. It is taken from an Atlas by his son, Joan Blaeu, published in 1662 in Amsterdam. It is based on a woodcut originally published in Brahe's own Astronomiæ instauratæ mechanica (1598)


This is a picture of an archaeological site or a monument in Sweden, number Sankt Ibb 30:1 in the RAÄ Fornsök database.

Source Tycho Brahe's observatory on Ven: Johan Blaeu, Atlas Major, Amsterdam, 1662-DET KONGELIGE BIBLIOTEK
Author Creator:Willem Blaeu after
Tycho Brahe  (1546–1601)  wikidata:Q36620 s:en:Author:Tycho Ottesen Brahe q:it:Tycho Brahe
 
Tycho Brahe
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Tyge Ottesen Brahe;
Description astronomer, alchemist, cartographer and printer
Date of birth/death 14 December 1546 Edit this at Wikidata 24 October 1601 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Knutstorps slott (Knutstorp Castle), Skåne (Scania) Prague Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1560 - 1601
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Denmark, Rostock, Augsburg, Hven, Prague
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See also

  • The woodcut from Brahe's book Astronomiæ instauratæ mechanica (1598), on which Blaeu's copper-plate engraving is based
    The woodcut from Brahe's book Astronomiæ instauratæ mechanica (1598), on which Blaeu's copper-plate engraving is based
  • Woodcut of Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg palace-observatory from his 1598 book Astronomiæ instauratæ mechanica
    Woodcut of Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg palace-observatory from his 1598 book Astronomiæ instauratæ mechanica
  • Orthographic illustration of Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg palace-observatory from his 1598 book Astronomiæ instauratæ mechanica
    Orthographic illustration of Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg palace-observatory from his 1598 book Astronomiæ instauratæ mechanica
  • Hand-colored copper-plate engraving of Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg palace-observatory from Joan Blaeu's Atlas Maior, 1662-5 Volume 1.
    Hand-colored copper-plate engraving of Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg palace-observatory from Joan Blaeu's Atlas Maior, 1662-5 Volume 1.
  • Hand-colored copper-plate engraving of the main building of Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg palace-observatory (built ca 1576-1580) from Joan Blaeu's Atlas Maior (1663)
    Hand-colored copper-plate engraving of the main building of Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg palace-observatory (built ca 1576-1580) from Joan Blaeu's Atlas Maior (1663)
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