Theorica eclipsis lunaris [and] Theorica eclipsis solaris Size:XS: 40 x 30cm Sylvester McCoy during a BBC

Sylvester McCoy during a BBC photocall to promote the new series of Doctor Who

January 10

The animal is native to South America and is shown hanging from a tree-branch using one forelimb and tail

Two stable lads standing in a doorway laugh at him

here styled Torpedo ocellata

Theorica eclipsis lunaris [and] Theorica eclipsis solaris Size:XS: 40 x 30cm Sylvester McCoy during a BBCEclipse illustrations from an edition of Georg Peurbach's Theoricae novae planetarum. First published in 1454, the book remained in use as an important astronomical text throughout the 16th century. Bound in Sphaera mvndi, by Johannes de Sacrobosco (1490). Original: woodcut engraving. 1490