Looks like there is an Armillary Sphere in the background. I find this interesting simply because an Armillary Sphere most likely has a pagan Zodiac on it. Two months ago I made those Astro-theological overlays (which included the Vatican) and today I stumbled on to a slightly hidden one on the Holy See’s News Services webpage.
The front page has radial design elements similar to the updated Astrological Calendar from 1544:
Related:
- Reading The Stars - Tacoma Times, September 1st, 1917
- WAR SIGNS IN THE STARS : Our Country's Horoscope Says There Will Be Peace - The Washington Times, April 10, 1898
- The Noyes Armillary Sphere Described In The Historic American Buildngs Survey #532
- Armillary Sphere Donated to 'Federal City' by Author; Ancient Astronomical Device Links Early Chinese to Modern Americans - The Washington Post, November 10, 1936
- What the Stars Tell of The Times - The Washington Times, February 9, 1896
- Yesterday's Horoscope
- Hallway view of the first edition of the New & Arabesque Map of the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
- A New & Somewhat Accurate Map of the Tropic of Gemini and the Tropic of Sagittarius
- Gregorius XIII - Pont(ifex) Opt(imus) Maximus / Anno Restituto MDLXXXII
- The Trilingual Afghan Calendar
- Tabvla Temporis [Semidiurni in fignis Borealibus / Australibus]
- A New & Arabesque Map of the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
- Happy Nowruz !!
- 2008 California Calendar
- Tycho Brahe's Armillary Spheres
- Holy See an Armillary Sphere?
- Found Celestial Cartography
- An updated Armillary Sphere
- The Astro-Theological Overlays for Google Earth
- An Interactive Astrological Calendar from 1544 for Google Earth
- An Updated Astrological Calendar from 1544 - Eastern Hemisphere
- An Updated Astrological Calendar from 1544 - Western Hemisphere
- A New And Accurate Map of the World by John Speed [2007 Remix]
