Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος

Ptolemy  (100–160)
	Alternative names	Ελληνικά: Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος Latina: Claudius Ptolemaeus
	Description	Roman mathematician, geographer, astronomer, astrologer, music theorist and philosopher
	Date of birth/death	circa 100	circa 160
	Location of birth/death	Pelusium	Alexandria
	Authority control	: Q34943 VIAF: 54152998 ISNI: 0000 0001 2280 0429 ULAN: 500330559 LCCN: n50032768 GND: 118641786 SELIBR: 196576 SUDOC: 027084396 BNF: 11920750r NDL: 00453423 HDS: 48292 NKC: ola2002159448 BNE: XX1136821 WorldCat

Portraits

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  Medieval ideal portrait

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  Ptolemy, of the Astrology, by Luca della Robbia

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Ptolemaic cosmography

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  Scenography of the Ptolemaic cosmography

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    Ptolemaic geocentric model by Bartolomeu Velho (1568)

Ptolemaic geography

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  Ptolemy's 150 CE World Map redrawn in the 15th cent

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  Another one, redrawn 1482 (Johannes de Armsshein )

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  Ptolemy World Map from the codex of Nicolaus Germanus, 1467

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  Detail of world map of South-East Asia

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  Magna Germania; Artist: Nicolaus Germanus