Sphaera Civitatis

by John Case — last modified 2022-07-18T10:35:01+01:00
Case, John: Sphaera Civitatis, Francofurdi 1589, title page; digital copy: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Sphaera Civitatis, woodcut, 1589, artist unknown; source: Case, John: Sphaera Civitatis, Francofurdi 1589, title page; digital copy: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek https://mdz-nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb00023955-6, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.de.

The "Sphaera Civitatis" illustrates the world view during the time of Queen Elizabeth I’s (1533–1603) reign. It depicts her above a geocentric universe, the different planets representing Majesty, Prudence, Fortitude, Religion, Mercy, Eloquence and Abundance and at the center Iustitia Immobilis.

Sphaera Civitatis, woodcut, 1589, artist unknown; source: John Case: Sphaera Civitatis, Francofurdi 1589, title page; digital copy: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, https://mdz-nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb00023955-6, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Creative Commons Some Rights Reserved

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Education, Sciences, Social Matters, Society, Law, Constitution, Religion

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