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 ![Details of Celestial Globe](/sites/g/files/omnuum6316/files/chsi/files/celestial_globe_detail.jpg)

 

**Details of Celestial Globe**  
  
**Certain features were to become trademarks of DeMongenet's style, thanks to their being emulated by other globe makers until the mid-17th century.**  
  
**For example, the constellation of Boötes, the Herdsman, is followed by his hounds. (topmost image)**  
  
**The figure of Hercules points to Lyra, depicted as an eagle with a violin body. (middle)**  
  
**The "Stellarum Notae" lists symbols representing the magnitude of stars. (bottom)**  
  
**CHSI Inv. Number** [**1997-1-2060a**](https://qrgo.page.link/Ty6dN)**,** [**1997-1-2060b,**](https://qrgo.page.link/5B5AK)  
**Date: circa 1552**  
**François DeMongenet**  
  
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