Star charts & celestial atlases
The Firmament
Medieval star catalogues and constellation drawings — the old sky, mapped by hand.
The Book of the Fixed Stars
A medieval Islamic star atlas, copied five centuries after it was written.
The Book of the Fixed Stars (Ottoman Copy)
Al-Sufi's star atlas, still being copied and used eight centuries later.
The Constellation Andromeda
A chained princess, pierced with real star positions, held up to the light.
Perseus and Caput Medusae
A hero holding a gorgon's severed head, pierced with real star positions.
Cepheus
A mythical king of Ethiopia, crowned in gold and pierced with real stars.
Scorpio
The zodiac scorpion, rendered in cold green-grey and real starlight.
Scenography of the Copernican System
The sun-centered solar system, drawn as a Baroque stage set.
Hypothesis of the Ptolemaic Eccentric and Epicycle
A working diagram of the Earth-centered universe, drawn like a jewel.
Cancer, Amid a Crowded Sky
The zodiac crab, drawn by a man who trusted his own eye over the telescope.
Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs
A constellation that didn’t exist until this atlas invented it.
Cetus, the Sea Monster
The beast Perseus slew to save Andromeda, mapped star by star.