John Dee, Monas Hieroglyphica: Title Page
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John Dee (1527 to 1608) was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, occultist, navigator, and consultant to Queen Elizabeth I. He was also an early popularizer of applied mathematics, and was instrumental in planning the British Empire.
The Sun and Moon stand opposite one another, with the edifice built around the Monas Hieroglyphica collecting “the watery dew of heaven” — a reference to Genesis 27:27 — in cisterns at left and right.