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Corbinianus Thomas (1694–1767) was a Benedictine monk who lived his life in and around Salzburg, Austria. Little is known of his life other than that he was a Professor of Mathematics and Theology at the University of Salzburg. He is remembered for Mercurii philosophici firmamentum firmianum descriptionem et cum globi artificialis coelestis, an atlas first published at Frankfurt in 1730 and dedicated to the Firmian family of Salzburg and in particular the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, Leopold Anton von Firmian (Fig. 5.1). A second edition followed the following year, printed at Augsburg.
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The extant constellation Scutum (Sobieski).
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The extinct constellation Robur Carolinum; see Volume 1.
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The extinct constellation Sceptrum et Manus Iustitiae, Chap. 14
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The German engraver and publisher Johann Christoph Weigel (1654–1725), whose book on heraldry was published posthumously in 1734.
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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, p. 115.
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Sometimes given as “Leopold Anton Eleutherius von Firmian.”
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Barentine, J.C. (2016). Corona Firmiana. In: Uncharted Constellations. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27619-9_5
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