{"product_id":"paperblanks-astronomica-ultra-softback-flexi-journal-lined-176-pages-fb7287-4","title":"Paperblanks Astronomica Ultra Softback Flexi Journal – Lined, 176 Pages","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCapture your ideas, plans and memories in this Astronomica ultra softback flexi journal from Paperblanks, with 176 lined pages of 100 gsm acid-free paper.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscover the legends of the constellations! This design highlights the craftsmanship involved in creating illuminated books such as \u003cem\u003eDe sideribus tractatus,\u003c\/em\u003e a 15th-century manuscript copy of \u003cem\u003eDe astronomia.\u003c\/em\u003e Though the 1st-century BC original is long lost, it has been kept alive by the scribes and miniaturists who reproduced it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Story Behind the Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscover the ancient Roman legends of the constellations with this intriguing journal cover. Reproducing images from \u003cem\u003eDe sideribus tractatus,\u003c\/em\u003e a 15th-century manuscript copy of a treatise on astronomy known as \u003cem\u003eDe astronomia,\u003c\/em\u003e this fascinating design is now a part of The New York Public Library’s Spencer Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe original \u003cem\u003eDe astronomia\u003c\/em\u003e is most commonly believed to have been composed late in the 1st century B.C. by C. Julius Hyginus, a freedman of Augustus Caesar and chief librarian of the then recently established Palatine Library in Rome. The original is long lost. Over the centuries, manuscript copies of the treatise were created in order to preserve Hyginus’ words and reflections. The work was transmitted by scribes who painstakingly reproduced the original text, word by word and copy by copy, and artists called miniaturists who supplied the appropriate illustrations in each. Today, only 88 manuscript copies survive, the earliest dating to the 9th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDe sideribus tractatus\u003c\/em\u003e itself is dated to circa 1475–1480 and named for the recognizable words written in capital letters at the beginning of the text: “Hygini de sideribus tractatus incipit,” meaning “Here begins the treatise of Hyginus on the constellations.” Over the years, the work has also been referred to as “Poeticon Astronomicon” (used in the first illustrated printed edition) or “De imaginibus coeli,” as well as “Poetica astronomica,” from which we have taken our journal title: Astronomica.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe text of this manuscript copy is believed to have been inscribed for his own use by Francesco Buzzacarini (ca. 1440–ca. 1500), with artwork attributed to Giovanni Vendramin and an otherwise anonymous miniaturist known as the Douce Master. 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