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SUMMARY:A vision of the universe: The Astronomicum Caesarium of 1540 - Edw
 ard Cheese\, Conservator of Manuscripts and Printed Books\, and Dr Sara Ö
 berg Strådal\, Research Associate
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DESCRIPTION:Apianus’s Astronomicum Caesarium of 1540 is one of the high 
 points of sixteenth-century printing. A visualisation of the universe acco
 rding to Ptolomeic astronomy\, it provides readers with paper calculating 
 machines to work out the positions of the planets. It was a highly complex
  and expensive book to produce\, but was outdated in just three years with
  Copernicus’s suggestion that the planets revolve around the sun\, rathe
 r than the earth. A recent conservation and rebinding project on the Fitzw
 illiam’s deluxe copy of this work gives fresh insights into its producti
 on.\n\nAdmission is by token\, one per person\, available at the Courtyard
  Entrance desk on a first-come first-served basis 30 minutes before the ta
 lk. Assisted hearing sets are available.
LOCATION:Fitzwilliam Museum
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