Hevelius’s depiction of Scutum
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Scutum as shown by Hevelius in his Firmamentum Sobiescianum star atlas published in 1690. Here, the name is abbreviated to Scutum Sobiescian. Hevelius decorated the shield with a shining cross in recognition of the fact that King John Sobieski and his forces helped repulse the Turkish siege of Vienna, the capital of the Holy Roman Empire, in 1683. Image © Tartu Observatory Virtual Museum.