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A magnetic Habsburg eagle

A magnetic Habsburg eagle. The Latin inscription around the eagle's feet "Et Boreae et Austri-acus" is a play on words on words linking the compass needle ("the needle of both North and South" to the house of Austria ("Austri-acus"). From Magnes (1643 edn.), frontispiece.

A magnetic Habsburg eagle

A magnetic Habsburg eagle. The Latin inscription around the eagle’s feet “Et Boreae et Austri-acus” is a play on words on words linking the compass needle (“the needle of both North and South” to the house of Austria (“Austri-acus”). From Magnes (1643 edn.), frontispiece.

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