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celestial globe

səˈlɛsʧəl gloʊb
WordNet
The earth and celestial globe are published by Blaeu from 1640.
The earth and celestial globe are published by Blaeu from 1640.
  1. (n) celestial globe
    a globe that is a spherical model of the heavens
Illustrations
Celestial globe made by G. Valck or Valk.
Celestial globe made by G. Valck or Valk.
In the background 2 goblets in the shape of an earth and a celestial globe, made by Christoph Ritter (III).
In the background 2 goblets in the shape of an earth and a celestial globe, made by Christoph Ritter (III).
In a paradisiacal setting, five gentlemen stand around an open celestial globe, which is placed on a pedestal with the biblical text 'mundum tradidit disputationi eorum'. They each represent a way of explaining creation. For example, the man with the hourglass on which a flame burns stands for the explanation from the eternal fire. The man with the book with a crown from which a serpent emerges represents the astrological or alchemical way of explaining. The other three represent the explanation using numbers (front left), the kabbalistic explanation (front right) and the geometric explanation (two men from the right).
In a paradisiacal setting, five gentlemen stand around an open celestial globe, which is placed on a pedestal with the biblical text 'mundum tradidit disputationi eorum'. They each represent a way of explaining creation. For example, the man with the hourglass on which a flame burns stands for the explanation from the eternal fire. The man with the book with a crown from which a serpent emerges represents the astrological or alchemical way of explaining. The other three represent the explanation using numbers (front left), the kabbalistic explanation (front right) and the geometric explanation (two men from the right).
The two goblets in the shape of an earth and a celestial globe were made by Christoph Ritter (III).
The two goblets in the shape of an earth and a celestial globe were made by Christoph Ritter (III).
Father Time with a celestial globe and a compass on a triumphal chariot in a triumphal procession with well-known historical people and literary characters, including Aristotle, Cleopatra, Ajax and Leonidas. Text in Latin in the bottom margin.
Father Time with a celestial globe and a compass on a triumphal chariot in a triumphal procession with well-known historical people and literary characters, including Aristotle, Cleopatra, Ajax and Leonidas. Text in Latin in the bottom margin.
Ionian portico with two celestial and one terrestrial globes. On the left is Claudius Ptolemy with an armillary and a compass, on the right is Marinus of Tire with a map.
Ionian portico with two celestial and one terrestrial globes. On the left is Claudius Ptolemy with an armillary and a compass, on the right is Marinus of Tire with a map.
The personification of Astronomy is a winged woman who leans on a celestial globe and points to the sky with the pointer in her left hand. Her head is crowned with stars, while her breasts bear the symbols of the sun and moon. An eagle next to her. On the floor are books and measuring instruments that help her in the performance of her task (for example a sundial and a compass). The print has a Latin caption on grammar and is part of a seven-part series on the seven liberal arts.
The personification of Astronomy is a winged woman who leans on a celestial globe and points to the sky with the pointer in her left hand. Her head is crowned with stars, while her breasts bear the symbols of the sun and moon. An eagle next to her. On the floor are books and measuring instruments that help her in the performance of her task (for example a sundial and a compass). The print has a Latin caption on grammar and is part of a seven-part series on the seven liberal arts.
Celestial globe in wooden chair. The chair has four legs, under a round, profiled top with a short wooden shaft in the middle in which a groove falls into which a copper arc around the sphere falls. At the top of the legs a horizontal wooden circle with the sphere half protruding from the top and on which a calendar, now almost illegible, is pasted. The figures of the constellations on the globe are fully drawn and colored. On the bottom half a eulogy to Lothair Zum-Bach. Inscription. Dated. Gesig.
Celestial globe in wooden chair. The chair has four legs, under a round, profiled top with a short wooden shaft in the middle in which a groove falls into which a copper arc around the sphere falls. At the top of the legs a horizontal wooden circle with the sphere half protruding from the top and on which a calendar, now almost illegible, is pasted. The figures of the constellations on the globe are fully drawn and colored. On the bottom half a eulogy to Lothair Zum-Bach. Inscription. Dated. Gesig.
Usage in the news

Moon watchers in the western US, Hawaii and elsewhere across the globe were treated Saturday to a rare celestial phenomenon: a total lunar eclipse . ctv.tv

Usage in scientific papers

The celestial sphere is an imaginary spherical surface, sharing a center with the earth’s globe, and with a very large, indefinite radius.
The sun's position in the sky

Usage in literature

Above the figure was nothing that could be mapped elsewhere than on a celestial globe. "Return of the Native" by Thomas Hardy

His bare principle of the laws of gravitation accounts for all the apparent inequalities in the course of the celestial globes. "Letters on England" by Voltaire

A celestial globe brought into Greece from Egypt. "The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 2" by Various

Before her lay a celestial Globe, with several Schemes of Mathematical Theorems. "The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3" by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele

It may be the portrait of an astrologer, if the globe is celestial. "Notes & Queries, No. 24. Saturday, April 13. 1850" by Various

Above the figure was nothing that could be mapped elsewhere than on a celestial globe. "The Return of the Native" by Thomas Hardy

URANIA, the muse of Astronomy, stands erect, and bears in her left hand a celestial globe. "Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome" by E.M. Berens

Astrology has the celestial globe in her hands, and below her feet, Atlas. "Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects" by Giorgio Vasari

The delineation of constellations, nebulae, &c., on celestial charts or globes. "The Sailor's Word-Book" by William Henry Smyth

The term "Habitable Globe" was doubtless invented by some Celestial Humorist who had never visited this planet. "This Giddy Globe" by Oliver Herford