Celestial image in Wake the Devil

[jibbajabba]

As you can see this is my first post so hi to everyone :)
I have a question about a certain panel in the third chapter of Wake the Devil. On the ninth page there is a panel with the words "As a Dead man I have lived in it, seen through it. I have seen the clockworks that turn these worlds, and believe me..." as spoken by Rasputin to Ilsa. Next to this is what looks like an old alchemists engraving of the heavens/celestial spheres/'great chain of being' or something. Also if you have the tpb it should be displayed above the introduction.
I was wondering if anyone couold give me any information about where this image is from, who created it, or where I could maybe find it myself. This is assuming that Mike Mignola didnt make it himself??
Anyway Ill be really grateful for any info, Thanks!

[Mikolaj]

I bet a healthy pinguin that Mike did it... ;) He did some pictures in the same medival style back when he drew Bram Stokers dracula for Topps.

[gary bolt]

I know the answer to this but its way down there. It's from some historical concept of how the universe is structured. Like a celestial spheres thing where people used to believe that the earth was the center of the universe and the planets and stars were arranged on layers of crystal spheres that revolved around us like the structure of an onion. At first I thought it might be from a Rene Descartes illustration but I think it's older (16th century?). I'll start looking.

[Mikolaj]

Don't do this!! I don't want to lose my perfectly healthy penguin!! ;)

[Tad]

I call upon the mighty power of the Google to give you
THIS!!! (http://www.centremusicaustralia.com/Music%20of%20the%20spheres/Finding%20the%20Spheres/finding2.html)

[JohnThompson]

Tad, you clearly have an addiction to Google. Its time for an intervention.

Whatever happened to the good old days of poring through old musty tomes to find these nuggets of information?

[morna]

I don't know about Tad but I've developed an allergy to must!

[hellboyone]

I've been snorting Google for years. Google knows all.

Morna: I've grown an allergy to "nust" myself.

jibbajabba: Welcome! I pity the fool who don't like Mr. T.

R.

[el seth]

By the way the phrase "music of the spheres" originates from the sounds (vibrations?) these great celestial crystal spheres supposedly make when turning against each other.

Just thought I'd bring it up as Rasputin claims that the music of the spheres is "chaos."

[Timaximus]

There's a really good Taschen book called Alchemy & Mysticism: The Hermetic Museum by Alexander Roob (ISBN: 3822815144). I'd be fairly surprised if MM didn't have it. It's probably the best collection of alchemical-type images I've come across.

[jibbajabba]

Cool! Thanks Tad, you have truly harnessed the awesome power of google. That poor penguin!
Now that I can see they whole thing, it looks REALLY familiar,Im sure Ive seen it before somewhere... I think ill hit the musty tomes tomorrow, it could be in a library book at uni or something that Ive flipped through. Ill have a look for the book you recomended, Timaximus, it sounds useful.
However it would still be awesome if anyone has any more info on that engraving that they can share.
Thanks again!