Orbis Pictus, or Orbis Sensualium Pictus (The Visible World in Pictures) is a textbook for children written by Czech educator Jan Ámos Komenský. It is something of a children's encyclopedia and is considered to be the first picture book intended for children. The World in plate carrée projection The World In English, world is rooted in a compound of the obsolete words were, man, and eld, age; thus, its oldest meaning is age or life of man. Its primary modern meaning is the planet Earth, especially when capitalized: the World. ... For images in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Images. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... A child (plural: children) is a young human, or someone who has not yet reached puberty (someone who is prepubescent). ... Comenius on a Czechoslovak 20 koruna banknote Jan Amos Komenský (Latinized Comenius) (March 28, 1592, in Moravia (now the Czech Republic) – November 15, 1670, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) was a Czech teacher, scientist, educator and writer, known as teacher of nations. ... Brockhaus Konversations-Lexikon, 1902 An encyclopedia or encyclopaedia, also (rarely) encyclopædia,[1] is a written compendium of knowledge. ... A picture book is a popular form of illustrated literature—more precisely, a book with pictures in it—popularized in the 20th century Western world. ...

Contents

The book is divided into chapters illustrated by woodcuts, which are described in the accompanying text. The book has 150 chapters and covers a wide range of subjects: Chapter has multiple meanings. ... An illustration of a character from a story; also, an illustration of illustrations An Illustration is a visualisation such as drawing, painting, photograph or other work of art that stresses subject more than form. ... Four horsemen of the Apocalypse by Albrecht Dürer. ... Chapter has multiple meanings. ... See subject (grammar) for the linguistic definition of subject. ...

• inanimate nature
• botanics
• zoology
• religion
• humans and their activities

Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... Zoology (Greek zoon = animal and logos = word) is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals. ... Human beings are defined variously in biological, spiritual, and cultural terms, or in combinations thereof. ... Look up Activity on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Activity may refer to— in chemistry, the effective DU BIST DUMMconcentration of an ion or other solute for the purposes of chemical reactions and other mass action. ...

History

Originally published Latin-German in 1658 in Nuremberg, the book soon spread to schools in Germany and other countries. The first English edition was published in 1659. The first quadrilingual edition (in Latin, German, Italian and French) was published in 1666. First Czech translation was published in the 1685 quadrilingual edition (together with Latin, German and Hungarian). In the years 1670 – 1780, more reeditions were published in various languages, with upgraded both pictures and text content. It has been suggested that History of the Latin language be merged into this article or section. ... Events January 13 - Edward Sexby, who had plotted against Oliver Cromwell, dies in Tower of London February 6 - Swedish troops of Charles X Gustav of Sweden cross The Great Belt (Storebælt) in Denmark over frozen sea May 1 - Publication of Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial and The Garden of Cyrus by... Nuremberg (German: Nürnberg) is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... In printmaking, an edition is a set of prints off one plate, composing a limited run of prints. ... // Events May 25 - Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth. ... The term multilingualism can refer to rather different phenomena. ... Events September 2 - Great Fire of London: A large fire breaks out in London in the house of Charles IIs baker on Pudding Lane near London Bridge. ... Events February 6 - James Stuart, Duke of York becomes King James II of England and Ireland and King James VII of Scotland. ... 1670 was a common year beginning on a Saturday in countries using the Julian calendar and a Wednesday in countries using the Gregorian calendar. ... 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Conclusion

Orbis Pictus had a long-lasting influence on children education and later led to using audio-visual techniques in the classroom. Pedagogy is the art or science of teaching. ... Audio Visual (AV) technology is technology that combines visual input such as video or 35mm slides with sound to convey information. ... A university classroom with permanently-installed desk-chairs and green chalkboards. ...

See also

• Commenius

Portrait of Comenius by Rembrandt Jan Amos Komenský (Latinized Comenius) (March 28, 1592, in Moravia (now the Czech Republic) – November 15, 1670, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) was a Czech teacher, scientist, educator and writer, known as teacher of nations. ...

External links

• Online Orbis Pictus in Latin
• Contemporary version of Latin-English Orbis Pictus