Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.16196

    Astrological diagrams

    Date
    Late 17th century
    Creator
    Unknown, Artist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    p33r
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (Page): 208mm
    width (Page): 164mm
    Subject
    Description
    Eleven astrological figures, three blank, consisting of circles [representing the solar disk?] with interior inscriptions and exterior symbols, including the then-known planets, around the circumference of each circle. From the papers of Robert Boyle.
    Transcription
    Variously inscribed: figure one contains the note ‘le sept planete in ordre simple’ [the seven planets in simple order]. Associated notes appear on f.34r.
    Transcribed by the Making Visible project
    Related fellows
    Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
    Associated place
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