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Maps, plates and diagrams: the pieces you look up at between thoughts.

From Cartographer’s Dream 27The Firmament 20Cabinet of Curiosities 11The Alembic 5 and 4 more houses

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49–75 of 75 pieces

The Christian Sky

Andreas Cellarius

Plate, 1660

PA-00950from $55

The Copernican System

Andreas Cellarius

Plate, 1660

PA-00978from $55

The Tychonic System

Andreas Cellarius

Plate, 1660

PA-00979from $55

A View of the Copernican System

Andreas Cellarius

Plate, 1660

PA-00985from $55

The Children of Saturn

The Master of the Housebook (attributed)

Plate, c. 1480

PA-00461from $55

A Plate from the Cloisters Apocalypse

Unknown Norman illuminator

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1330

PA-00922from $55

The Colosseum

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Plate, 1776

PA-00293from $60

The Interior of St. Peter's Basilica

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Plate, ca. 1748

PA-00294from $60

The Seventh Key

Matthaeus Merian the Elder, engraver (text attributed to Basilius Valentinus)

Engraving, Late 17th century; text tradition traced to ca. 1599

PA-00527from $55

The Zytglogge Sketches — 1534

Unknown draughtsman

Plate, 1534

PA-00541from $60

The Tabula Rogeriana

Muhammad al-Idrisi

Plate, 1154

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Ripley Scroll — Getty Research Institute, 950053

Unknown English scribe-illuminator; verses traditionally attributed to George Ripley

Plate, c. 1600–1700

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The Griffin, Guardian of Gold

Unknown English illuminator (made for the Benedictine priory of St Andrew, Rochester)

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1230

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The Beaver's Sacrifice

Unknown English illuminator

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1200

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The Waldseemüller Map

Martin Waldseemüller & Matthias Ringmann

Plate, 1507

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The Cantino Planisphere

Anonymous Portuguese cartographer

Plate, 1502

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The Kangnido

Yi Hoe & Kwon Kun (Joseon Korea)

Plate, 1402

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The Peutinger Table

after a late-Roman original

Plate, c. 1200 copy

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Emblem VIII — The Egg and the Sword

Michael Maier; engraved by Matthäus Merian

Engraving, 1617

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Emblem XXI — Squaring the Circle

Michael Maier; engraved by Matthäus Merian

Engraving, 1617

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Mirror of the Whole of Nature

Robert Fludd

Plate, Early 17th century

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The First Key

Matthaeus Merian the Elder, engraver (text attributed to Basilius Valentinus)

Engraving, Late 17th century; text tradition traced to ca. 1599

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The Fourth Key

Matthaeus Merian the Elder, engraver (text attributed to Basilius Valentinus)

Engraving, Late 17th century; text tradition traced to ca. 1599

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The Panther's Sweet Breath

Unknown English illuminator

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1200

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Threshing at Harvest — The Luttrell Psalter

Unknown East Anglian illuminator, commissioned by Sir Geoffrey Luttrell

Illuminated manuscript, c. 1325–1340

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The Dance of Death

Jacques Gamelin

Plate, 1779

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The Phases of the Moon

Maria Clara Eimmart

Plate, c. 1690s

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Pieces

The Christian Sky

The Copernican System

The Tychonic System

A View of the Copernican System

The Children of Saturn

A Plate from the Cloisters Apocalypse

The Colosseum

The Interior of St. Peter's Basilica

The Seventh Key

The Zytglogge Sketches — 1534

The Tabula Rogeriana

Ripley Scroll — Getty Research Institute, 950053

The Griffin, Guardian of Gold

The Beaver's Sacrifice

The Waldseemüller Map

The Cantino Planisphere

The Kangnido

The Peutinger Table

Emblem VIII — The Egg and the Sword

Emblem XXI — Squaring the Circle

Mirror of the Whole of Nature

The First Key

The Fourth Key

The Panther's Sweet Breath

Threshing at Harvest — The Luttrell Psalter

The Dance of Death

The Phases of the Moon