- Subject
- Sundials
- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Presented by Lewis Evans
- Primary inscriptions
- Unsigned. Dated "Romae ano 1589"
- Physical material
- Ivory and gilt brass
- Object type
- Diptych dial
- Dimensions
- Height: 14mm Width: 62mm Depth: 77mm Weight: 122g
- Inventory No
- 72365
- Accession Number
- 1924-0/part
Description
Ivory leaves with brass plate and magnetic compass, and brass zodiac wth an hour-scale calendar scale [incomplete ?]. Other scales are a vertical pin-gnomon dial for Italian hours; a horizontal string-gnoman dial, adjustable for latitudes 45°, 48° and 51°, and a horizontal pin-gnomon dial for Italian hours for use in latitude 42°.
