Geometric shapes
Date
17th-18th century
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p5
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 201mm
width (page): 157mm
width (page): 157mm
Subject
Description
Geometric shapes labelled with letters, copied from a plate in Johannes Kepler's Harmonices Mundi (Linz, 1619). The shapes have been slightly rearranged from their positions in the original plate.
A indicates an anti-prism and B a prism. D to F indicate that regular shapes with the correct number of sides can tile a plane, but not H or I.
A indicates an anti-prism and B a prism. D to F indicate that regular shapes with the correct number of sides can tile a plane, but not H or I.
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