The Visible World (Orbis Sensualium Pictus)

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Decorative floral printer's ornaments flanking the page number in the header.

Cœlum i n. 2.
rotátur,
& ambit
terram 2
in medio ſtantem,
Sol, 3 m. 3.
ubi, ubi eſt,
fulget perpetuò:
utut
nubila 4
eum nobis eripiant;
facitque
ſuis radiis 5
lucem;
lux f. 3. diem.
Ex oppóſito
ſunt ténebræ, 6 f. 1. pl.
inde nox, f. 3.
Nocte,
ſplendet luna, 7 f. 1.
& ſte llae 8
micant, ſcintillant.
Veſperi, 9
eſt crepuſculum: n. 2.
Manè,
auróra, 10 f. 1.
& dilúculum, n. 2.

The Heaven /
rotates /
and encompasses
the earth / 2
which stands in the middle.
The sun / 3
wherever it is,
shines perpetually:
however much
the clouds 4
take it away from us;
and it makes
with its rays 5
the light;
the light / the day.
Opposite
are the shadows / 6
thence the night.
By night /
shines the moon / 7
and the stars 8
shimmer / twinkle.
In the evening / 9
is the twilight:
In the morning /
the dawn 10
and the daybreak / or the
breaking day.

Terra, f. 1. the earth.
Medius, a, um, middle.
Stans, o. 3. standing.

Nubilum, n. 2. the clouds / (gloomy weather.)
Radius, m. 2. the sunbeam.
Dies, c. 3. the day.