Worldbuilding Reference

Cosmology

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<n>Душа чистая</n> (Pure Soul), a late 18th-century Russian icon from the <n>State Tretyakov Gallery</n> collection.

<n>Mapa astronómico de 1899</n>, an astronomical chart published by <n>Vda. de Ch. Bouret</n>.

Critical Faith: New Moon/Solar Eclipse in Virgo - Chani Nicholas

<n>Creation</n> (2012), a graphite on paper drawing by artist <n>Daniel Martin Diaz</n>.

<n>Figura Cabalæ</n>, an engraving from <n>Heinrich Khunrath</n>'s alchemical text <n>Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae</n>, 1609.

A celestial map by <n>Carel Allard</n> from his 1706 <n>Atlas Coelestis</n>.

<n>Systema Ideale Pyrophylaciorum</n>, an engraving by <n>Athanasius Kircher</n> from his 1665 book <n>Mundus Subterraneus</n>.

An illustration of <n>The Universal Tree</n> from a German alchemical manuscript, c. 1750.

<n>Book of Divine Works, Part 1, Vision 4: Cosmos, Body, and Soul</n> by <n>Hildegard von Bingen</n>, c. 1165.

<n>The Copernican System</n>, an engraving from <n>Johann Jakob Scheuchzer</n>'s 'Physique sacrée', 1731.

An 1824 illustration of <n>Yggdrasil</n> and <n>Jörmungand</n> from <n>Finnur Magnússon</n>'s <n>Eddalæren</n>.

<n>Philipp Veit</n>'s fresco "<n>The Empyrean</n>" (1817-1824) depicts <n>Dante Alighieri</n> and <n>Beatrice Portinari</n>.

A <n>volvelle</n> (wheel chart) from a 15th-century manuscript used to calculate the position of the sun and moon.

A 13th-century <n>Byzantine</n> mosaic, <n>Creation of the Sun, Moon and stars</n>, at <n>St Mark's Basilica</n> in Venice. Photo by <n>Dennis Jarvis</n>.

<n>Table sciaterica</n>, a 1636 illustration by <n>Athanasius Kircher</n>.

<n>Angel on the Battlefield</n> (1864) by artist <n>Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze</n>.

Emblems from Sammlung Alchymistischer Schriften, 18th Century

<n>The World of Yr and the Twelve Moons</n> by artist <n>Francesca Baerald</n>.

<n>Yggdrasil and the Nine Worlds</n> from <n>István Bernáth</n>'s book <n>Skandináv mitológia</n>.