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An armillary sphere in sand-coloured line on terracotta: a double meridian ring, a broad horizon ring, the equator and the two tropics, a ticked ecliptic band and the two colures around a rust bead, with the polar axis running through, on a slim turned stand. The rings at the back are drawn fainter, so the sphere reads in depth.
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Armillary

No. 11 of 20 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeAn armillary sphere in sand-coloured line on terracotta: a double meridian ring, a broad horizon ring, the equator and the two tropics, a ticked ecliptic band and the two colures around a rust bead, with the polar axis running through, on a slim turned stand. The rings at the back are drawn fainter, so the sphere reads in depth.

What it meansThe old teaching instrument that modelled the sky as rings, each one a great circle of the heavens set at its true angle, kept to line and left without numbers or names.

Where it worksFor a study, a library or a warm living room.

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2:3 · 7200 × 10800 px4×6 · 8×12 · 12×18 · 16×24 · 20×30 · 24×36 in
3:4 · 5400 × 7200 px6×8 · 9×12 · 12×16 · 18×24 in
4:5 · 7200 × 9000 px4×5 · 8×10 · 16×20 · 24×30 in
11:14 · 3300 × 4200 px11×14 in
A-series · 7023 × 9933 pxA5 · A4 · A3 · A2 · A1

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Tapered pale gold streaks cross a midnight ground, all pointing back to one spot beyond the top right corner, some tipped with a small cream spark.Meteor ShowerNo. 14
A cream four-point star sits in the upper half of a midnight ground inside a thin gold ring. Fine grey lines of different lengths radiate from it, and every eighth line runs in gold to the edge of the frame.North StarNo. 15
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A terracotta sun with twenty-four curved flame rays, alternately long and short, sits on a sand ground, ringed by small rust dots, with a sand line of dots inside and an ochre centre. A rust dune runs along the bottom.Terracotta SunNo. 17
A large terracotta crescent, traced inside with a fine blush line, holds an eight-pointed ochre star made of two overlapping squares in its hollow. A thin rust ring and a dotted terracotta halo circle them both, with four small sparkles on the halo and a scatter of tiny stars.Moon and StarNo. 18
The curved top of a vast planet crosses the lower third of a midnight ground in bands of gold, bronze and navy, with a fine gold line of atmosphere above it. A small gibbous moon hangs in the upper right among stars.PlanetriseNo. 19

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