<div dir="ltr">Dear Prof. Carrington,<br>this is an excellent paper on the subject (wind diagrams in general, not specifically map-related):<br><br><br>Wind Diagrams and Medieval Cosmology<br><br>Barbara Obrist<br>Speculum<br>Vol. 72, No. 1 (Jan., 1997), pp. 33-84<br><br>It is conveniently accessible on-line:<br><a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/2865863">http://www.jstor.org/stable/2865863</a><br><br> Best regards<br> Marco Ponzi<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2015-07-07 19:17 GMT+02:00 Jill Carrington <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jcarrington@sfasu.edu" target="_blank">jcarrington@sfasu.edu</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div><span style="font-family:ArialMT">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">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"> They flank the bronze statue of Rangone as part of a fictive study space.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:ArialMT">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">
<span style="font-family:ArialMT">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">
<span style="font-family:ArialMT">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">
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<span style="font-family:ArialMT">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">
<span style="font-family:ArialMT">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">
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<font face="ArialMT">Many thanks in advance,</font><br style="font-family:ArialMT">
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<span style="font-family:ArialMT">Jill</span><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br style="font-family:ArialMT">
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<span style="font-family:ArialMT">Jill Carrington</span><br style="font-family:ArialMT">
<span style="font-family:ArialMT">Professor of Art History</span><br style="font-family:ArialMT">
<span style="font-family:ArialMT">School of Art</span><br style="font-family:ArialMT">
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<span style="font-family:ArialMT">Stephen F. Austin State University</span><br style="font-family:ArialMT">
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