upennmanuscripts: Theorica motus… volvelle on Page 7 of LJS 64, a manuscript copy of Illustra
upennmanuscripts:Theorica motus… volvelle on Page 7 of LJS 64, a manuscript copy of Illustrations to Georg von Peurbach’s Novae theoricae planetarum.Caption in Latin: Theorica motus orbis medii defferens solem neccesario centro eccentrici.My translation: “Theory of the motion of the middle sphere necessarily spreading the center of the sun that is not the center of the orbit.”I sure could use some help with this translation (hint, hint!). Eccentrici seems to be masculine genitive inflection of excentricus, “from Ancient Greek ἔκκεντρος (ékkentros, “not having the earth as the center of an orbit”)” so I think it goes with solem and I’ve translated it quite literally. But I expect there is more to this than a literal translation.In any case, it is a fun volvelle. Enjoy!Another volvelle from LJS 64! -- source link
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