Book IV, Part 38 · 63 of 253
Refutation of All Heresies
English, translated by Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson — Roberts & Donaldson, 1885
Chapter XXXVIII.—Illusive Appearance of the Stars. But the scales of fishes—for instance, the seahorse—cause the stars to appear to be; the scales being steeped in a mixture of water and gum, and fastened on the ceiling at intervals.