Schematic representation of the cosmos, we see very clearly the seven concentric circles (the orbits) inserted into each other on which the moon, the planets and the sun gravitate. De sphaera mundi is a medieval introduction to the basic elements of astronomy written by Johannes de Sacrobosco, circa 1230. Johannes de Sacrobosco (circa 1195, circa 1256), was a scholar, monk and astronomer who was a teacher at the University of Paris. He wrote a short introduction to the Hindu-Arabic numeral system which became the most widely read introduction to that subject in the later medieval centuries. He also wrote a short astronomy textbook, De sphaera mundi, which was widely read and influential in Europe during the later medieval centuries as an introduction to astronomy. | |
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