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Two - Don’t Forget Your Apian

A DIY Guide to the Cosmos

from Part I - Coaching the Eyewitness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2024

Stephanie A. Leitch
Affiliation:
Florida State University
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In the form of diagrams, proofs, and moving dials called volvelles that trained the eye, Peter Apian’s Cosmographicus Liber (1524) was the first cosmographic text to cultivate the observational skills of its readership. In related projects called Practica, Apian translated this content into DIY skills for an audience of weather watchers, farmers, and astrologers, encouraging observation in the field.

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Early Modern Print Media and the Art of Observation
Training the Literate Eye
, pp. 35 - 105
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Don’t Forget Your Apian
  • Stephanie A. Leitch, Florida State University
  • Book: Early Modern Print Media and the Art of Observation
  • Online publication: 14 March 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009444491.003
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  • Don’t Forget Your Apian
  • Stephanie A. Leitch, Florida State University
  • Book: Early Modern Print Media and the Art of Observation
  • Online publication: 14 March 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009444491.003
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  • Don’t Forget Your Apian
  • Stephanie A. Leitch, Florida State University
  • Book: Early Modern Print Media and the Art of Observation
  • Online publication: 14 March 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009444491.003
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