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Vintage Planisphere Celestial Map by Peter Apian Cushion
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Vintage Planisphere Celestial Map by Peter Apian Cushion
Vintage illustration astronomy and celestial image featuring an antique star chart map of the northern sky. This planisphere is from the astronomical atlas Astronomicum Caesareum by Petrus Apianus (Peter Apian) (1495-1552). Includes constellations of mythical creatures and people, signs of the Zodiac, Ursa Major (bear), Hydra and Pegasus, the winged horse. This atlas was noteable for its highly intricate wheel charts (volvelles), of which this planisphere is an example. A volvelle involves several layers of paper placed over each other, which are then rotated to produce the desired result. In this case, to show the appearance of the night sky for a given latitude, time and date. Peter Apian was a German humanist, known for his works in mathematics, astronomy and cartography. The lunar crater Apianus is named in his honour. Created in 1540.
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5 out of 5 stars ratingBy Margaret S.31 March 2022 • Verified Purchase
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I had ordered this cushion with a picture of my friends dog who had just passed away ,I’ve ordered up some for my husband for Christmas and just so happy with the quality of the picture and colour plus very good padded cushions . Colours where fantastic just so vibrant and I just find them perfect
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5 out of 5 stars ratingBy L.16 November 2020 • Verified Purchase
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Would be better if you could select several photos at once from your own saved photos to save them on to the website rather than one at a time.
Great quality in fact ordered 2 more of a different photo layout design for Christmas presents. Photos and photos of drawings my young nieces did on this cushion turned out perfect or I should say ‘purrrrrfect’ as they were all photos of their cats
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5 out of 5 stars ratingBy Rebecca m.9 March 2022 • Verified Purchase
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I was so happy with my cushion it is excellent quality, well made and very durable. It looks great and is exactly what I was hoping and had asked for. The quality of the pictures was excellent, like for like of the ones I sent across, I couldn’t have asked for more.
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Product ID: 189244622061485765
Created on 09/12/2018, 10:00
Rating: G