Circle of Ambrosius Holbein, German
Ptolemy Accepting the Golden Globe For Best Treatise — Astronomy or Mathematics, ca. 1494-1519
Oil on canvas
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/// By Ambrosius Holbein, (his Circle),
is this Greek astronomical Urkel.
Ptolemy is now prized,
a nerd Idealized,
with the face of young Angela Merkel.
/// People’s faith in his genius was strong,
although most of what he wrote was wrong.
He attempted to prove
all things ‘round the Earth move,
and the Catholic Church went along.
/// To make movements of planets “make sense”
he used math and odd theories quite dense.
“Epicycles,” explained,
twisting logic that’s pained,
to a (false) geocentric defense.