Astronomical heptagram
Date
mid 17th century
Creator
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
After
Pierre Gassendi (1592 - 1655, French) , Natural philosopher
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p214r
Material
Dimensions
height (Page): 197mm
width (Page): 148mm
width (Page): 148mm
Subject
Description
Figure of a seven-pointed star contained within a circle, the points terminating with symbols for [clockwise from the top] Saturn, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars and Jupiter.
Transcription
Section headed: ‘De hebdomadae singulis diebi, nominibus planetarii insignitis’.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
The published version of this figure appears in Pierre Gassendi, Institutio astronomica... (The Hague, 1656), p. 49.
Related fellows
Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Associated place