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Composite manuscript (Astronomy)

1350 · 3 pictures

A composite astronomy manuscript from about 1350, held by a Swiss library and likely made for scholarly study. Its pages pair dense Latin text in red-initialed columns with geometric diagrams of astronomical circles and a sketched grid of annotated squares. A designer might take the disciplined mix of handwritten script, rubrics and precise compass-drawn wheels as a model for scientific layout.

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