1. The philosophers have asserted that the heavens are round, in
rapid motion, and made of fire, and that they are called by this name
(_coelum_) because they have the forms of the stars fixed on them,
like a dish with figures in relief (_coelatum_).
2. For God decked them with bright lights, and filled them with
the glowing circles of the sun and moon, and adorned them with the
glittering images of flashing stars.