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Melk Abbey Library, Austria (by nbowmanaz)

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2024 March 30

Medieval Astronomy from Melk Abbey

Image Credit: Paul Beck (Univ. Vienna), Georg Zotti (Vienna Inst. Arch. Science)

Copyright: Library of Melk Abbey, Frag. 229

Explanation: Discovered by accident, this manuscript page provides graphical insight to astronomy in medieval times, before the Renaissance and the influence of Nicolaus Copernicus, Tycho de Brahe, Johannes Kepler, and Galileo. The intriguing page is from lecture notes on astronomy compiled by the monk Magister Wolfgang de Styria before the year 1490. The top panels clearly illustrate the necessary geometry for a lunar (left) and solar eclipse in the Earth-centered Ptolemaic system. At lower left is a diagram of the Ptolemaic view of the Solar System with text at the upper right to explain the movement of the planets according to Ptolemy's geocentric model. At the lower right is a chart to calculate the date of Easter Sunday in the Julian calendar. The illustrated manuscript page was found at historic Melk Abbey in Austria.

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Melk Abbey and view along the river Danube

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The Baroque spiral staircase, Melk Abbey, Melk, Austria (1736)

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Melk Abbey - up and down.

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Noni & I ordered this by accident, it's been a long while I haven't read menus and ordered food in German... Although A-Chu might be unhappy about what we ordered, the chicken Schnitzel was great...

#stift melk #melk abbey #rathauskeller #chicken schnitzel

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Dürnstein, Melk Abbey, Danube Valley Austria

Dürnstein, Melk Abbey, Danube Valley Austria

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#Aggstein Castle #Artist Johann Wenzel Bergl #Austrian Baroque Buildings #Austrian Master Painter Paul Troger #Baroque Architecture #Benedictine Monasteries #Bergl Frescoes Melk Abbey Pavillion #Danube Cruise #Danube River Valley #Dürnstein #Dürnstein Kuenring Castle #Dürnstein Vineyard #Duke Leopold V of Austria and Styria #Echte Wachauer Marillen #Göttweig Abbey #King Richard the Lionheart of England #Krems an der Donau #Kuenring Castle #Melk Abbey #Melk Abbey Balcony #Melk Abbey Baroque Pavillion and Garden #Melk Abbey Church #Melk Abbey Imperial Corridor #Melk Abbey Library #Melk Abbey Marble Hall #Melk Abbey Museum #Melk Cross #Paleolithic Age #Schönbühel Castle #UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage Site

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Library Alcove, Melk Abbey, Austria

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Library Alcove, Melk Abbey, Austria

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Library Alcove, Melk Abbey, Austria

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Library Alcove, Melk Abbey, Austria

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Library Alcove, Melk Abbey, Austria

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Melk Abbey by Raja Ramakrishnan Via Flickr: Beautiful monastery in a little town in Austria

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Library Alcove, Melk Abbey, Austria

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Library Alcove, Melk Abbey, Austria

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Melk Abbey Library, Austria

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