Sphaera mundi (Sphere of the World)
Joannes de Sacro Bosco
(active 1230)
Hieronymus de Sanctis
(Italian)
1488
Place of PublicationVenice, Italy
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with two full-page woodcuts and numerous woodcut illustrations, some hand-colored
DimensionsOverall: 20.5 x 15.7 x 1.5 cm (8 1/16 x 6 3/16 x 9/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Accession numberBR1059
On View
Not on viewClassificationsIllustrated books
Collections
Venice: Joannes Lucilius Santritter and Hieronymus de Sanctis, 31 March 1488
ProvenanceLeo S. Olschki, Florence; Theodore H. Castor & Co., Boston, from whom purchased by MFA, April 12, 1900
Unidentified artist, French, 16th century
1546
