Bayer, Johann. Sagitta, 1603 Print The Art Institute of Chicago

The Art Institute of Chicago acquired the door in 1932

Striking view of the town of Parkersburg

county and provincial boundaries are shown

Unlike those artists

more likely just prior

Bayer, Johann. Sagitta, 1603 Print The Art Institute of ChicagoJohann Bayer Sagitta From "Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata" Augsburg, 1603 approx.: 13 1 2" x 17" Bayer was the first accurate star atlas. A lawyer and amateur astronomer, he was the first to signify the location of the stars within a given constellation by the use of Greek letters (with the addition of the Latin alphabet for constellations with more than 24 stars). This strikingly simple innovation greatly improved the