Sujet

'An Allarm to Europe By a Late Prodigious Comet', 1680. Artist: Unknown

Légende

'An Allarm to Europe By a Late Prodigious Comet', 1680. Title page of pamphlet by John Hill on the comet of December 1680 (Kirch). At this date comets were still considered by many people to be phenomena of ill omen and were viewed with superstitious awe.
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1680

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images

Notre référence

HRM19B64_442

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

30,0Mo (1,3Mo) / 21,0cm x 35,9cm / 2475 x 4235 (300dpi)

Mots clés

arts pays crainte la science astronomie comète Britannique Anglais superstition endroit siècle La Grande-Bretagne littérature concept phénomènes normaux B&W MONOCHROME 17e siècle page titre brochure noir et blanc noir et blanc B W Oxford Science Archive Unknown John Hill John Hill