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  1. Discover
  2. Paper: 'Treasure of Knowledge'
  3. Unit: Nature and Death

Cushion starfish

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Sea-starres in 'The Garden of Cyrus'

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Commentary

Cushion starfish
Collection: 
Science School, Winchester College

Browne’s collection included specimens from the sea, such as coral. He was particularly interested in starfish, which he called ‘sea-starres’, as their five arms made them a perfect demonstration of his perceived pattern of fives in nature. In The Garden of Cyrus he poses the question, ‘Why amongst Sea-starres nature chiefly delighteth in five points?’.