Geocentric Zodiacal Calendar - Francesco Ghisolfi, 16th century. (Zodiac Wall Art)
This print feels like a beautiful working diagram from an old sea atlas. The zodiac ring, the small figures, and the earthy color give it a calm, detailed look that stays readable on the wall. It fits naturally in a study, office, or library corner, especially if your home decor leans vintage and you like art prints that reward a closer look.
About this art print
This image comes from a portolan atlas linked to Francesco Ghisolfi, dated to the 16th century. A portolan atlas is a sailor’s book of coastal charts, built for practical navigation from port to port. Alongside maps, these atlases often included useful reference pages, and this one turns the sky into something you can study on paper: a circular layout of the zodiac, with figures that represent the seasons.
“Geocentric” just means Earth-centered, the older model where the heavens are arranged around the Earth. That idea shaped how people pictured space for centuries, so charts like this sit in an interesting middle ground. They are part science, part tradition, and part decoration. If you follow this thread into the next century, you see the same urge to measure and organize the sky in The Selenic Shadowdial, Athanasius Kirchner, where lunar time is turned into a crisp page of lines and cycles.
Craft & finish
This vintage art print is made on hand-processed paper, highlighted with subtle gold and sealed with beeswax for an authentic parchment feel. Please note that colors can look slightly different from screen to screen.
Find more prints like this in our Vintage Art Prints collection.
Geocentric Calendar (Francesco Ghisolfi, 16th century.) - Vintage Art Print
In case your print creases during the travel, as it usually does travel for some time, you can safely warm it up with a hair-dryer, and the wax will melt back right into it. You can also use a lighter, which is a much faster method, but be careful to keep the flame either above the paper or parallel to it (which means holding the paper vertically) so it doesn't smudge or even catch fire. The chance of the print actually creasing is very small, as they are rolled in bubble-wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. Also, be sure to keep the print out of the direct sunlight, as it can melt or fade.
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