The Celestial Globe – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures The Celestial Globe in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The Celestial Globe
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A celestial globe, photographed around 1931, is the subject here, and its record connects it to the Jesuit mission in China. Jesuit missionaries such as Ferdinand Verbiest, who directed the Qing court's astronomical bureau in Beijing in the 1670s, built instruments like this to map the stars for imperial calendars and navigation. Globes of this kind show how European astronomy and mapmaking reached China through the church's scholars. The caption details are unverified, so the globe's exact maker and date should be checked before anyone cites them.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | c1931. |
| Subjects | Photo copyrighted by White Bros., St. Helena, Calif. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Science; Astronomy; Maps; Jesuits in China; China--P-; Religious groups; Photog. I.; BI; G&M Div.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,219 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-135294 |
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