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Tigris or River Tigris is an obsolete constellation. It was invented twice in different times and places: First in Southern Mesopotamia in the first millennium BCE and (independently) in Europe in the early 17th century. | |||
==Concordance, Etymology, History== | ==Concordance, Etymology, History== | ||
==== Spelling Variants ==== | |||
* Tigris | |||
* Tygris Fluvius | |||
* Tÿgris Fluvi | |||
=== Origin of Constellation === | === Origin of Constellation === | ||
Today's name of the river is Greek, with uncertain etymology. | |||
==== | There are two independent inventions of this constellation: | ||
==== Ancient Mesopotamia ==== | |||
==== Early Modern Europe ==== | |||
Ian Ridpath writes about the 17th century constellation: <blockquote>A constellation representing the river Tigris, a real river of Mesopotamia which joins with the Euphrates in the modern Iraq. The constellation was introduced in 1612 by the Dutchman Petrus Plancius on the same globe that the river Jordan (Jordanus) made its first appearance.</blockquote><blockquote>The celestial Tigris began at the neck of [[Pegasus]] and flowed between [[Cygnus]] and [[Aquila]], an area now occupied by Johannes Hevelius’s later invention [[Vulpecula]]. It ended by the right shoulder of Ophiuchus in a V-shaped group of stars that Ptolemy had listed as lying outside Ophiuchus; these were later to be incorporated in another short-lived constellation, Taurus Poniatovii.</blockquote><blockquote>Like Jordanus, Tigris first appeared in print on the 1624 chart by Jacob Bartsch and as a result Bartsch was sometimes wrongly credited with its formation. Also like Jordanus, it was not adopted by Hevelius for his influential atlas of 1687. Both constellations became forgotten during the 18th century and were not shown by Johann Bode on his ''Uranographia'' atlas of 1801.</blockquote> | |||
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Revision as of 08:18, 14 August 2026
Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann, Doris Vickers
Tigris or River Tigris is an obsolete constellation. It was invented twice in different times and places: First in Southern Mesopotamia in the first millennium BCE and (independently) in Europe in the early 17th century.
Concordance, Etymology, History
Spelling Variants
- Tigris
- Tygris Fluvius
- Tÿgris Fluvi
Origin of Constellation
Today's name of the river is Greek, with uncertain etymology.
There are two independent inventions of this constellation:
Ancient Mesopotamia
Early Modern Europe
Ian Ridpath writes about the 17th century constellation:
A constellation representing the river Tigris, a real river of Mesopotamia which joins with the Euphrates in the modern Iraq. The constellation was introduced in 1612 by the Dutchman Petrus Plancius on the same globe that the river Jordan (Jordanus) made its first appearance.
The celestial Tigris began at the neck of Pegasus and flowed between Cygnus and Aquila, an area now occupied by Johannes Hevelius’s later invention Vulpecula. It ended by the right shoulder of Ophiuchus in a V-shaped group of stars that Ptolemy had listed as lying outside Ophiuchus; these were later to be incorporated in another short-lived constellation, Taurus Poniatovii.
Like Jordanus, Tigris first appeared in print on the 1624 chart by Jacob Bartsch and as a result Bartsch was sometimes wrongly credited with its formation. Also like Jordanus, it was not adopted by Hevelius for his influential atlas of 1687. Both constellations became forgotten during the 18th century and were not shown by Johann Bode on his Uranographia atlas of 1801.
Source
Identifications
Depending on the season and context, the term "..." can have the following identifications:
Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation
Here we give a list of all sources where the name is attested.
| Source | Identification |
|---|---|
| Pleiades | |
| The Hyades |
Mythology
mnemonic tales and cultural significance
Weblinks
References
- References (general)
