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You have probably heard that the Medieval people believed the Earth was flat. But is true? I will show you a few photos from manuscripts and a and a quote from a notable Early Medieval scholar.
“Why the same days are unequal in length?
The reason why the same (calendar) days are of unequal length is the roundness of Earth...”
Bede (673-735), The Reckoning of Time, trans. Faith Wallis (Liverpool University Press, 1999), pp. 91.
Photo: God the Geometer 13th century.
The reason why the same (calendar) days are of unequal length is the roundness of Earth...”
Bede (673-735), The Reckoning of Time, trans. Faith Wallis (Liverpool University Press, 1999), pp. 91.
Photo: God the Geometer 13th century.
Full quote:
The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise
(1445) by Giovanni di Paolo.
(1445) by Giovanni di Paolo.
Medieval depiction of a spherical earth with different seasons at the same time, from the book "Liber Divinorum Operum" (1163-1173) by Hildegard von Bingen.
According to Jeffrey Burton Russell, an expert on the history of science, the idea that Medieval people believed in flat Earth was introduced between the end of 19th and beginning of the 20th century.
You can read his article here: https://www.asa3.org/ASA/topics/history/1997Russell.html
(Islamic depiction )
You can read his article here: https://www.asa3.org/ASA/topics/history/1997Russell.html
(Islamic depiction )
P.S. Pardon for the grammar mistakes, I was sleepy when I posted it. 
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