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when required, could be placed on a stand outside, similar to those which Tycho used for his sextants. On the ceiling was represented the Tychonian system of the world, and on the walls were portraits of eight astronomers, all in a reclining posture, namely, Timocharis, Hipparchus, Ptolemy,

Plan of Stjerneborg.

A. Entrance.
B. Study.
C. Crypt with large armillæ.
D. „„ azimuthal quadrant.
E. „„ zodiacal armillæ.
F. „„ azimuthal quadrant.
G. „„ sextant.
H, I. Stone piers for portable armillæ.

K, L, N, T. Globular stands for sextants.
M. Stone table.
O. Tycho Brahe's bed.
P. Fireplace.
V. Table.
Q. Bedroom for assistant.
S. Unfinished subterranean passage towards Uraniborg.

Albattani, King Alphonso, Copernicus, Tycho, and lastly Tychonides, an astronomer who is still unborn. Under each portrait was the name, approximate date, and a distich