Antonio Santucci's Armillary Sphere

Antonio Santucci built this huge gilded armillary sphere in Florence between 1588 and 1593 for Grand Duke Ferdinando I de' Medici. It is a model of the universe as Ptolemy described it, with the Earth at the center and rings standing for the circles and orbits of the heavens around it. Built only a…

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