Schiller, Julius
Julius Schiller (c. 1580 - 1627) was a lawyer and astronomer from Augsburg. He was a friend and associate of Johann Bayer (1572 - 1625), and may have contributed to Bayer's celebrated 1603 star atlas, the Uranometria Omnium Asterismorum. In any event, Bayer's work was highly influential on Schiller's own 1627 star atlas Coelum Stellatum Christianum, which updated Bayer's Uranometria, changing the position of some stars and adding others. However, Schiller's work was quite different from Bayer's in that he replaced the Greco-Roman mythological figures and zodiac animals with figures from Christianity, including Jesus, the Apostles, angels, and saints.
Christianizing Celestial Nomenclature.
Contellatio XLI. [Iordanis Fluvii.]
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A lovely hand-colored 1627 celestial chart of the Hydra constellation, reimagined as the River Jordan, with surrounding constellations similarly replaced by Biblical imagery. It appeared in Julius Schiller's rare 1627 star atlas Coelum Stellatum Christianum, which aimed, but failed, to supplement classical zodiac Greco-Roman celestial nomenclature for Christian-themed naming conventions. (more details)
Father of the Israelites.
Constellatio XLV. [Sancti Israelis Sive Jacobi Patriarchæ].
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A hand-colored example of Julius Schiller's 1627 depiction of the Lupus Constellation, represented by the Biblical figure Jacob. It appeared in Schiller's rare star atlas Coelum Stellatum Christianum, which aimed but failed to have fellow astronomers exchange the classical zodiac and Greco-Roman figures for Christian icons. (more details)
The Papal Crown.
Contellatio XIX. [Mitrae Pontificalis S. Petri].
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A beautiful 1627 celestial chart of the Triangulum constellation, reimagined as an angel holding the Papal tiara, with surrounding constellations similarly replaced by Biblical imagery. It appeared in Julius Schiller's rare 1627 star atlas Coelum Stellatum Christianum, which aimed, but failed, to have fellow astronomers exchange the classical zodiac and Greco-Roman figures for Christian ones. (more details)
Failed Effort to Rename the Heavens.
Constellatio LIII. [Abelis Iusti].
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A hand-colored 1627 celestial map of the Volans and Dorado constellations as the Biblical figure Abel. It appeared in Julius Schiller's rare 1627 star atlas Coelum stellatum Christianum. Schiller's atlas aimed, but failed, to have fellow astronomers replace the classical zodiac and Greco-Roman figures with Christian ones. (more details)