Museum Plantin-Moretus Online Catalogue

Object number
MPM.HB.01137
Title
- Naked man measures the arc distance between two stars with a Jacob's staff
Production date
1580
Object name
woodblock (printing matrix)
Material
wood (plant material)
Technique
woodcut (printing process)
Acquisition date
1876-04-20
Acquisition method
purchase - Moretus, Edward
Printed in
- Johannes Goropius Becanus, Opera [...] nempe, Hermathena, Hieroglyphica, Vertumnus, Gallica, Francica, Hispanica, 1580, Hieroglyphica p. 225
Literature
- Léon Voet, The Plantin Press, 1555-1589: a bibliography of the works printed and published by Christopher Plantin at Antwerp and Leiden, 1980-1983, nr. 1255A