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The Kraus Map Collection
BROWSE MAP IMAGESGlobes VI, Coronelli Celestial Globe (1688)
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| Title | Coronelli Celestial Globe |
| Cartographer | Coronelli, Vincenzo (1650 - 1718) |
| Subject | Globes, Celestial |
| Publisher | Not identified |
| Repository | Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center |
| Place of publication or creation |
Venice |
| Date(s) | 1688 |
| Format | Globe |
| Kraus catalog no. | Globes VI |
| Dimensions in mm. | 1400 x 1420 mm, diameter 1100 mm. |
| Rights | No known U.S. copyright restrictions. Please cite the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin, as the image source. |
Notes
Coronelli (1650-1718) was a member of the Minorite Conventual (Franciscan) Order – later in life (1701) he rose to the Generalship of his Order. His Venetian convent became, under his leadership, a publishing center where hundreds of maps were drawn, engraved, and printed; and there he founded the first geographical society, who were the publishers of many of his works.
Coronelli’s celestial globe was issued in several editions. As the date was printed in an inscription on a rim surrounding the North and South polar constellations, these had to be trimmed off when the pieces were pasted onto the globe, and consequently they are not on this one. Very few of the constellations are named on this globe; the few that are bear names in Italian (capital letters) and Latin (small letters). The engravings of the constellation figures are brilliant examples of baroque art, with their striking large figures of men, animals, and objects.
A larger, unique set of the celestial and terrestrial globes is displayed at the Bibliothèque Nationale François Mitterrand in Paris; another pair of the smaller globes is at the Library of Congress and a terrestrial globe may be found at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.
Coronelli (1650-1718) was a member of the Minorite Conventual (Franciscan) Order – later in life (1701) he rose to the Generalship of his Order. His Venetian convent became, under his leadership, a publishing center where hundreds of maps were drawn, engraved, and printed; and there he founded the first geographical society, who were the publishers of many of his works.
Coronelli’s celestial globe was issued in several editions. As the date was printed in an inscription on a rim surrounding the North and South polar constellations, these had to be trimmed off when the pieces were pasted onto the globe, and consequently they are not on this one. Very few of the constellations are named on this globe; the few that are bear names in Italian (capital letters) and Latin (small letters). The engravings of the constellation figures are brilliant examples of baroque art, with their striking large figures of men, animals, and objects.
A larger, unique set of the celestial and terrestrial globes is displayed at the Bibliothèque Nationale François Mitterrand in Paris; another pair of the smaller globes is at the Library of Congress and a terrestrial globe may be found at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.
