st. Gallen Sphere is 2.3 meters high; unites heaven and earth on one and the same spherical surface. The original is in the State Museum in Zurich and a faithful copy is in St. Gallen Abbey Library. It is now also available online, as announced Thursday by the State Museum, Abbey Library and Zurich Central Library.
Those who are interested can now explore the earth inside the sky dome imagined in the 16th century. For example, any date can be entered and the sun will move to the corresponding position in its apparent orbit around the earth. Here’s how the seasons were explained in the 16th century.
Also, foreign, forgotten or legendary lands can be discovered; or zoom in to discover sea monsters, exotic animals or cannibals.
st. Gallen Globe has had a bumpy history, and in the 1990s St. It has been the subject of a cultural property dispute between Gallen and Zurich. The federal government mediated the dispute to be resolved in 2006, with the result that the original remained in Zurich and St. Gallen got the copy in 2009.
During the handover, the Swiss National Museum, St. Gallen Abbey Library and Zurich Central Library agreed to create an online model together. This has now been implemented.
The globe originally came from Northern Germany. It was designed by cosmographer and librarian Tilemann Stella. It was built over two years, probably in Schwerin, and was completed in 1576. In 1595, through Lucas Stockli, the pharmacist of Constance, St. Gallen prince-abbot Bernhard Müller. During the Battle of Toggenburg in 1712, the globe was stolen by Zurich troops and never returned.
st. Wales Globus Online was created in conjunction with the Information Visualization research group at the University of the Arts Zurich. The offer to explore the world digitally is free.
https://3dglobus.ch
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