File:Uraniborg main building.jpg
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Creator:Willem Blaeu after
creator QS:P170,Q36620 |
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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), based on a woodcut from Brahe's Astronomiæ instauratæ mechanica (1598) |
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between 1662 and 1665 date QS:P571,+1662-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1662-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1665-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | Hand-colored copper-plate engraving | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | 46 × 56 cm (18.1 × 22 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q1670994 |
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Source/Photographer | Blaeu's Atlas Major, https://maps.nls.uk/atlas/blaeu-maior/browse/1/page/120 |
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The illustration from Brahe's book Astronomiæ instauratæ mechanica (1598), on which Blaeu's illustration is based
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Woodcut of Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg palace-observatory from his 1598 book Astronomiæ instauratæ mechanica
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Orthographic woodcut of Tycho Brahe's underground observatory Stellæburgi from his 1598 book Astronomiæ instauratæ mechanica
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Hand-colored copper-plate engraving of Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg palace-observatory from Joan Blaeu's Atlas Maior, 1662-5 Volume 1.
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Hand-colored copper-plate engraving of Tycho Brahe’s Stjerneborg observatory from Joan Blaeu's Atlas Maior (1663)
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02:39, 23 October 2006 | 676 × 599 (82 KB) | Tiina357~commonswiki (talk | contribs) | == Summary == {{Information |Description=Uraniborg main building from copper etching of Blaeu's Atlas Major 1663, Tycho Brahe's observatory on Hven, built ca 1576-1580 |Source=Blaeu's Atlas Major |Date=1663 |Author=Blaeu |Permission=copyright expired |oth |
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