Orr, M. A. (Mary Acworth) · London and Edinburgh, Gall and Inglis · leaf 291
two principal celestialmovements. Ristoro does not approve of the solutionquoted by Brunetto Latini. He adds that the widthof the zodiac was designed to contain the figures of theanimals! After this, we are not surprised to hear that the redcolour of the planet Mars is the cause of its… … < « o g < s USED BY DANTE. 249 like the stars, nor altogether rugged and dark, as theearth was supposed to be, but partaking of bothnatures; and this body must be the moon, because ofher intermediate position between the earth and thenearest of the other planets (Mercury). Of the influence of…
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 · Astronomy, Ancient · Astronomy, Medieval · Early maps
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