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<div class=""><span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">There are wind faces surrounding relief sculptures of both a terrestrial and a celestial globe that are part of t</span><span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">he funerary monument of Tommaso Rangone
on the facade of the church of San Giuliano, Venice, c. 1558-1560. </span><span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class=""> They flank the bronze statue of Rangone as part of a fictive study space.</span></div>
<div class=""><span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">The terrestrial globe is encircled by 7 wind faces; the 8th one that would be at the top is not included.</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">
<span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">The slightly larger celestial globe is encircled by 15 wind faces; again, what would be the 16th at the top is left out. </span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">
<span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">I understand that the wind faces reference God’s breath or spirit in the Bible in the case of the celestial globe.</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">I need help finding celestial maps from the sixteenth century or earlier that show wind faces around either hemisphere.</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">
<span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">I am also at a loss to account for the difference in the number of wind heads for each globe. Why not 8 around each one? I read somewhere that 8 or 12 wind heads would be the norm in celestial maps, if wind heads
are shown. There must be a precedent for the 16 shown here. </span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">
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<font face="ArialMT" class="">Many thanks in advance,</font><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">Jill</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">Jill Carrington</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">
<span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">Professor of Art History</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">
<span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">School of Art</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">
<span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">2124 Wilson Drive North</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">
<span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">Stephen F. Austin State University</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">
<span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">Nacogdoches TX 75962-3001</span><br class="">
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