May 25, 2025
Earliest surviving celestial globe in the world. Made by the Andalusian astronomer and globe-maker Ibrahim ibn Said al-Sahli. ca. 1080 AD
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Earliest surviving celestial globe in the world. Made by the Andalusian astronomer and globe-maker Ibrahim ibn Said al-Sahli. ca. 1080 AD
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This 127cm (50 inch) diameter globe is cradled in a handcrafted Oak or Walnut base and available is a variety of styles and finishes. It sits within a huge hand-engraved brass meridian and has deep horizon bands around the table. Click to watch how the globe spins. The deep hues are created with many watercolour washes painted by hand in our London studio. A truly individual product, exuding quality craftsmanship and skill, the Churchill would not look out of place in a grand home or workspace. As with all Bellerby globes, each one can be individually tailored to suit taste and requirements. Only 40 globes will be made in this Churchill series. We ship worldwide from London | www.bellerbyandco.com
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Mint Green Cassini Livingstone Desk Globe with added personalisation like hand drawn and hand painted illustrations, travel routes and bespoke cartography.
Each globe is made bespoke to order.
36cm (14 inch) diameter | Cherry base | Gloss finish www.bellerbyandco.com | [email protected]
Working on a 127cm Churchill Globe.
In the studio of Bellerby & Co Globemakers, London.
www.bellerbyandco.com
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This impressive 127cm (50 inch) diameter globe stands over 1.5m high.
Available with a hand-turned wood base in either Oak or Walnut - or with an Aluminium base as pictured. Fitted with revolutionary bearings, this globe can spin in a fluid 360-degree rotating motion by hand.
The deep hues are created with many watercolour washes painted by hand in our London studio. A truly individual product, exuding quality, craftsmanship and skill, the Churchill would not look out of place in a grand home or workspace.
As with all Bellerby globes, each one can be individually tailored to suit taste and requirements.
Only 40 globes will ever be made in this series.
We ship worldwide from London, the wait list on this size globe is 1 year + due to our current orders.
Every globe is made bespoke to order.
Bellerby & Co Globemakers www.bellerbyandco.com | [email protected]
The 50cm Britannia with a Galileo style base - similar to the "tall' style with straight legs.
The base is handcrafted & the stain we call "Coffee Stained Walnut"
Colour here is Mint Green with a gloss finish.
The globe has hand drawn and hand painted additons including a bespoke cartouche - as well as customised cartography and a hand engraved message around the brass meridian.
All Bellerby & Co Globemakers terrestrial & celestial globes are handmade and hand painted in London, England.
www.bellerbyandco.com | [email protected]
Still painting this 127cm Churchill in Taupe & #GlobeFacts returning to the winter solstice (see previous posts for more). The Iranian festival of Yalda is celebrated on the longest night of the year. In pre-Islamic times, it heralded the birth of Mithra, the ancient sun god, and his triumph over darkness. Zoroastrian lore holds that evil spirits wander the earth and the forces of the destructive spirit Ahriman are strongest on this long night. People are encouraged to stay up most of the night in the company of one another, eating, talking, and sharing poetry and stories, in order to avoid any brushes with dark entities. Beliefs about the presence of evil on the longest night are also echoed in Celtic and Germanic folklore. December 21, 2012 corresponds to the date 13.0.0.0.0 in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar used by the ancient Mayans, marking the end of a 5126-year cycle. Some people feared this juncture would bring about the end of the world or some other cataclysmic event. Others took a more New Age-y view (literally) and believed it heralded the birth of a new era of deep transformation for Earth and its inhabitants. In the end, neither of these things appeared to occur, leaving the world to turn through winter solstices indefinitely, or at least as long as the Sun lasts. #WorldFacts via Mental Floss | www.bellerbyandco.com