Kugel Globe - Revision history

Sushoff at 11:22, 27 February 2026

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	[[File:Kugel panorama.jpg\|thumb\|high resolution drawing of the Kugel Globe, published in Hoffmann (2025)<ref name=":0">Hoffmann, Susanne M (2025), Some Results on the Ancient Globes, Globe Studies – The Journal of the International Coronelli Society, 69, 4169</ref>]]		[[File:Kugel panorama.jpg\|thumb\|high resolution drawing of the Kugel Globe, published in Hoffmann (2025)<ref name=":0">Hoffmann, Susanne M (2025), Some Results on the Ancient Globes, Globe Studies – The Journal of the International Coronelli Society, 69, 4169</ref>]]
	The Kugel Globe is a historical silver globe. It has long been treated as an ancient ''Greek'' globe but newer finds point to ~~a different direction~~.		The Kugel Globe is a historical silver globe. It has long been treated as an ancient ''Greek'' globe but newer finds point to an Indian origin in the first centuries CE (from the fourth century onwards).<ref>Susanne M. Hoffmann,* Khalid AlAjaji, B.S. Shylaja, Yang Boshun, Danielle Adams, Eric Mamajek, Ian Ridpath, Paul Baki, Juan Antonio Belmonte Avilés, Sze-Leung Cheung, Daniel Cunnama, Jörg Matthias Determann, M. Sadegh Faghanpour, Steven Gullberg, Duane Hamacher, Roland Laffitte, Alejandro M. López, Javier Mejuto, Thierry Montmerle, Clive Ruggles, Shi Yunli, Doris Vickers, Sun Xiaochun, and Hitoshi Yamaoka (2025). The IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN): '''Research Finds in 2025'''. ''Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage'', 28(4), 1026–1038 (2025).</ref>
	Hoffmann (2025):<ref name=":0" /> <blockquote>		Hoffmann (2025):<ref name=":0" /> <blockquote>
	"The three preserved globes are artistic objects that were used for decoration or visualization. The holes at the poles of the globe in Mainz and at the North Pole of the Farnese Globe indicate that the small globe was impaled on a (wooden?) rod and that the marble globe was mounted at a supporting position of an architecture, possibly as a sort of unconventional column capital. None of the three is a scientific instrument. From Ptolemy’s Almagest (Alm. VIII, 3), we can infer the function of a scientific globe in antiquity: Such globes served as ‘analogue computers’." </blockquote>The Kugel Globe is owned by the private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel, Paris.		"The three preserved globes are artistic objects that were used for decoration or visualization. The holes at the poles of the globe in Mainz and at the North Pole of the Farnese Globe indicate that the small globe was impaled on a (wooden?) rod and that the marble globe was mounted at a supporting position of an architecture, possibly as a sort of unconventional column capital. None of the three is a scientific instrument. From Ptolemy’s Almagest (Alm. VIII, 3), we can infer the function of a scientific globe in antiquity: Such globes served as ‘analogue computers’." </blockquote>The Kugel Globe is owned by the private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel, Paris.

Sushoff at 18:14, 19 January 2026

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Sushoff at 18:13, 19 January 2026

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	[[File:Kugel panorama.jpg\|thumb\|high resolution drawing of the Kugel Globe, published in Hoffmann (2025)<ref name=":0">Hoffmann, Susanne M (2025), Some Results on the Ancient Globes, Globe Studies – The Journal of the International Coronelli Society, 69, 4169</ref>]]		[[File:Kugel panorama.jpg\|thumb\|high resolution drawing of the Kugel Globe, published in Hoffmann (2025)<ref name=":0">Hoffmann, Susanne M (2025), Some Results on the Ancient Globes, Globe Studies – The Journal of the International Coronelli Society, 69, 4169</ref>]]
	The Kugel Globe is a historical silver globe:		The Kugel Globe is a historical silver globe. It has long been treated as an ancient ''Greek'' globe but newer finds point to a different direction.
	Hoffmann (2025):<ref name=":0" /> <blockquote>		Hoffmann (2025):<ref name=":0" /> <blockquote>
	"The three preserved globes are artistic objects that were used for decoration or visualization. The holes at the poles of the globe in Mainz and at the North Pole of the Farnese Globe indicate that the small globe was impaled on a (wooden?) rod and that the marble globe was mounted at a supporting position of an architecture, possibly as a sort of unconventional column capital. None of the three is a scientific instrument. From Ptolemy’s Almagest (Alm. VIII, 3), we can infer the function of a scientific globe in antiquity: Such globes served as ‘analogue computers’." </blockquote>The Kugel Globe is owned by the private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel, Paris.		"The three preserved globes are artistic objects that were used for decoration or visualization. The holes at the poles of the globe in Mainz and at the North Pole of the Farnese Globe indicate that the small globe was impaled on a (wooden?) rod and that the marble globe was mounted at a supporting position of an architecture, possibly as a sort of unconventional column capital. None of the three is a scientific instrument. From Ptolemy’s Almagest (Alm. VIII, 3), we can infer the function of a scientific globe in antiquity: Such globes served as ‘analogue computers’." </blockquote>The Kugel Globe is owned by the private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel, Paris.

Sushoff at 18:02, 19 January 2026

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	\|[[File:Kugel_7_Peg.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Pegasus (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]		\|[[File:Kugel_7_Peg.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Pegasus (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]
	\|[[File:Kugel_8_Aql.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Aqulia (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]		\|[[File:Kugel_8_Aql.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Aqulia (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]
	\|		\| [[File:Kugel oben 1001.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - north pole view (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]
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Sushoff at 17:59, 19 January 2026

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+[[File:Kugel panorama.jpg|thumb|high resolution drawing of the Kugel Globe, published in Hoffmann (2025)<ref name=":0">Hoffmann, Susanne M (2025), Some Results on the Ancient Globes, Globe Studies – The Journal of the International Coronelli Society, 69, 4169</ref>]]
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Sushoff at 17:36, 19 January 2026

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	private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris
			private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel, Paris

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Sushoff at 17:36, 19 January 2026

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	\|[[File:Kugel_1_oph.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Ophiuchus (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]		\|[[File:Kugel_1_oph.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Ophiuchus (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]

Sushoff at 17:35, 19 January 2026

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	\|[[File:Kugel_2_Vir.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Virgo (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]		\|[[File:Kugel_2_Vir.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Virgo (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]
	\|[[File:Kugel_3_Hya.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Hydra (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]		\|[[File:Kugel_3_Hya.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Hydra (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]
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	\|[[File:Kugel_4_Gem.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Gemini (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]		\|[[File:Kugel_4_Gem.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Gemini (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]
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	\|[[File:Kugel_5_Tau.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Taurus (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]		\|[[File:Kugel_5_Tau.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Taurus (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]
	\|[[File:Kugel_6_Ari.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Aries (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]		\|[[File:Kugel_6_Ari.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Aries (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]
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	\|[[File:Kugel_7_Peg.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Pegasus (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]		\|[[File:Kugel_7_Peg.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Pegasus (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]
	\|[[File:Kugel_8_Aql.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Aqulia (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]		\|[[File:Kugel_8_Aql.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Aqulia (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]
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Sushoff at 17:28, 19 January 2026

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Sushoff at 17:27, 19 January 2026

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	[[File:Kugel panorama.jpg\|thumb\|high resolution drawing of the Kugel Globe, published in Hoffmann (2025)<ref>Hoffmann, Susanne M (2025), Some Results on the Ancient Globes, Globe Studies – The Journal of the International Coronelli Society, 69, 4169</ref>]]		[[File:Kugel panorama.jpg\|thumb\|high resolution drawing of the Kugel Globe, published in Hoffmann (2025)<ref>Hoffmann, Susanne M (2025), Some Results on the Ancient Globes, Globe Studies – The Journal of the International Coronelli Society, 69, 4169</ref>]]
	The Kugel Globe is a historical silver globe:		The Kugel Globe is a historical silver globe:


	private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris		private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris



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	\|[[File:Kugel_1_oph.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Ophiuchus (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]		\|[[File:Kugel_1_oph.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Ophiuchus (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]

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	\|[[File:Kugel_2_Vir.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Virgo (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]		\|[[File:Kugel_2_Vir.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Virgo (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]
	\|[[File:Kugel_3_Hya.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Hydra (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]		\|[[File:Kugel_3_Hya.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Hydra (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]
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	\|[[File:Kugel_4_Gem.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Gemini (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]		\|[[File:Kugel_4_Gem.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Gemini (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]
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	\|[[File:Kugel_5_Tau.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Taurus (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]		\|[[File:Kugel_5_Tau.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Taurus (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]
	\|[[File:Kugel_6_Ari.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Aries (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]		\|[[File:Kugel_6_Ari.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Aries (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]
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	\|[[File:Kugel_7_Peg.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Pegasus (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]		\|[[File:Kugel_7_Peg.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Pegasus (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]
	\|[[File:Kugel_8_Aql.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Aqulia (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]		\|[[File:Kugel_8_Aql.jpg\|thumb\|Kugel Globe - centered on Aqulia (CC BY "private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel", Paris).]]
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