Poeticon Astronomicon

蓋烏斯·尤利烏斯·許癸努斯
《天文詩歌》
威尼斯埃哈德·拉特多爾特印刷所
1485年1月22日

　　《天文詩歌》是中世紀到文藝復興時期流行於歐洲的古羅馬天文學著作，作者以科學和神話幫助讀者認識宇宙、天體和星座，理解晦澀的希臘天文學著作阿拉託斯《物象》（作者的寫作初衷）。作爲珍貴的「搖籃本」，該書是現存首部系統記載42星座與黃道帶的書籍，插圖中的47幅星座木刻版畫也是現存最早星座圖版畫。

Caius Julius Hyginus
Poeticon Astronomicon
Venice: Erhard Ratdolt
22nd January 1485

　The Poeticon astronomicon is an ancient Roman astronomical work that gained popularity in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. The author combines science and mythology to help readers understand the cosmos, celestial bodies, and constellations, as well as to decipher the obscure Greek astronomical text Phaenomena by Aratus (the original intent of the author). As a rare “incunable,” this book is the earliest surviving systematic record of the 42 constellations and the zodiac. The 47 constellation woodcut illustrations in the book also represent the oldest surviving printed depictions of constellations.