Orr, M. A. (Mary Acworth) · London and Edinburgh, Gall and Inglis · leaf 341
tronomer could take them to be a newly-foundconstellation, but might not some unscientific travellerlike Marco Polo have brought a vague report of theirposition ? To this we might reply that Dante never says hisfour stars were in the form of a Cross ; that there hadto be four to represent the four… … MAP OF STARS VISIBLE BEFORE DAWN IX PURGATORY. [To face p THE STARS. 295 sing, Noi siam qui ninfe, e nel ciel siamo stelle, ^ andare followed by a group of three); ^ and that thisother constellation was certainly imaginary, since thereis no group of three bright stars anywhere near thesouth pole.…
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 · Astronomy, Ancient · Astronomy, Medieval · Early maps
Internet Archive · Wellesley College Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
