# Astronomicum caesareum [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MINIATURIST, German]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Manuscript \(Magl. 5. 41\) ## Commentary Astronomicum caesareum 1540 Manuscript \(Magl. 5. 41\) Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence This manuscript, dedicated to Emperor Charles V, contains the 'Astronomicum caesareum' by Pietro Apiano \(1495-1552\), a talented German mathematician and astronomer. It has numerous drawings, paintings, diagrams and tables, many of which have movable parts for the study of planets. In this work the author proposes the substitution of instruments for the old astronomical tables. The double page \(folios 27v and 28r\) contains drawings with movable parts. ## Related artworks - [Aachen Gospels]() - [Aachen Gospels]() - [Ada Gospels]() - [Allegory of the Sacraments]() - [Antoninus Florentinus: Chronicon]() - [Aratea]() - [Astronomical-computist collection]() - [Astronomicum caesareum]() - [Bamberg Apocalypse]() - [Bamberg Apocalypse]() - [Bamberg Apocalypse]() - [Bamberg Apocalypse]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()