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Portrait of Tycho Brahe with Plumed Cap and Golden Fleece

1586

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Engraved portrait print of a bearded man in a plumed cap, ruff collar, and cloak with chain, holding gloves, set within an arched frame with coats of arms and a Latin inscription naming Tycho Brahe, dated 1586. — Rijksmuseum

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De Nova Stella

Tycho Brahe · 1573

Engraved plan of Uraniborg, Tycho Brahe's observatory on Hven. Title text across the top reads Arcis Uraniburgi. A central circular courtyard holds a blue-roofed main building, surrounded by diamond-shaped gardens and tree-filled grounds, enclosed by a fortified wall with corner towers.

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Uraniborg

1576-1580

Hand-coloured engraving titled 'Quadrans Muralis sive Tichonicus'. Tycho Brahe sits on a wall quadrant in a multi-storey observatory with arched galleries, assistants at instruments and a table, a dog, and a globe.

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Quadrans Muralis sive Tichonicus

Tycho Brahe · 1598

Scanned page of handwritten manuscript with a geometric diagram at top: circles, lines radiating from a central point labeled a, and a compass-like construction with labels including c. Below are several lines of cursive handwritten Latin-style text, some struck through.

Diary entry

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Brahe notebook page

Tycho Brahe

Book

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Rudolphine Tables

Johannes Kepler · 1627

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