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Medieval Astronomy from Melk Abbey

Image Credit: Paul Beck (Univ. Vienna), Georg Zotti (Vienna Inst. Arch. Science) Copyright: Library of Melk Abbey, Frag. 229

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it appears that the upper left figure requires the sun to be larger than the earth which is larger than the moon, while the upper right figure has them all the same size. This must have bothered some of the monks

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