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Diptych Dial, by Hans Troschel, Nuremberg, 1586

Inventory Number 70006


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.70006

Subject
Sundials
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans
Primary inscriptions
Bird maker's mark on 2b; "SIC TRANSIT / GLORIA MVNDI:. / AD LATITVD. GRAD. 51. MI. 30. / ANNO DOMINI. M D LXXXVI." punched on 1b.
Physical material
Ivory and brass
Object type
Diptych dial
Dimensions
Height: 12mm Width: 57mm Depth: 72mm Weight: 73g
Inventory No
70006
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Book form dial with double string-gnomon horizontal dial; compass needle and glass missing.