The Sphere of the World

This image provides a detailed view of the spine of the bound volume previously seen in collection Magl. L.6.9. The leather is a polished light brown with horizontal gold-tooled a decorative technique using heated tools to impress gold leaf into leather bands.

The spine is oriented horizontally. It features several compartments defined by gold bands. Moving from the top (left) to the base (right): a Roman numeral, the author's name, the title of the work, a collection number, two library labels, the date of publication, and a small tag.

VII The Roman numeral for seven

SACROBOSCO original: "SACROBOS." Referring to Johannes de Sacrobosco (c. 1195–c. 1256), a scholar and astronomer

THE SPHERE original: "SPHAER." Short for 'De Sphaera Mundi', a highly influential astronomical textbook

MINOR WORKS original: "OPUSC." Short for 'Opuscula', meaning a collection of smaller treatises or minor works

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101

Rectangular white paper label with printed and handwritten text:
INCUNABULA original: "INCUNABULI"; a term for books printed before the year 1501, during the infancy of the printing press
L.
6
9

Rectangular white paper label with printed text:
National Central Library - Florence original: "Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale - Firenze"

1482 The year this specific edition was printed

Small diamond-shaped paper label with a handwritten number:
9