Definition of Cosmography. Meaning of Cosmography. Synonyms of Cosmography

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Definition of Cosmography

Cosmography
Cosmography Cos*mog"ra*phy (k?z-m?g"r?-f?), n.; pl. Cosmographies (-f?z). [Gr. ???; ??? the world + ??? to write: cf. F. cosmographie.] A description of the world or of the universe; or the science which teaches the constitution of the whole system of worlds, or the figure, disposition, and relation of all its parts.

Meaning of Cosmography from wikipedia

- The term cosmography has two distinct meanings: traditionally it has been the protoscience of mapping the general features of the cosmos, heaven and Earth;...
- The Ravenna Cosmography (Latin: Ravennatis Anonymi Cosmographia, lit. "The Cosmography of the Unknown Ravennese") is a list of place-names covering the...
- Norse cosmology is the account of the universe and its laws by the ancient North Germanic peoples. The topic encomp****es concepts from Norse mythology...
- horizon and then parting into multiple individual streams downwards. Cosmography is related to cosmogony, the original formation of the cosmos, insofar...
- and the Marvels of Creation is an important work of paradoxography and cosmography by ****iya al-Qazwini, who was born in Qazwin in 1203 shortly before...
- or Iranian cosmology refers to the origins (cosmogony) and structure (cosmography) of the cosmos in Zoroastrianism. Zoroastrian literature describing cosmographical...
- eastern civilizations held to a fairly uniform conception of cosmography. This cosmography remained remarkably stable in the context of the expansiveness...
- Kuyūthā (Arabic: كيوثاء) is the cosmic bull in medieval Islamic cosmography. It is said to carry on its back the angel who shoulders the earth and the...
- as a plane or disk. Many ancient cultures subscribed to a flat-Earth cosmography, notably including the cosmology in the ancient Near East. The model...
- water for its own stability. Balhūt is a variant name found in some cosmographies. In the earliest sources, the name is Lutīyā, with Balhūt given as a...