Uncommon Knowledge 11: Sarah Griffin on Medieval Cosmological Diagrams and Opicinus de Canistris

Update: 2017-03-28

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Sarah Griffin talks to us about the fourteenth-century cosmologist Opicinus de Canistris, who attempted to reconcile medieval theology, cosmology, and cartography in a series of incredible diagrams.

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Uncommon Knowledge 11: Sarah Griffin on Medieval Cosmological Diagrams and Opicinus de Canistris

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Uncommon Knowledge 11: Sarah Griffin on Medieval Cosmological Diagrams and Opicinus de Canistris