- Subject
- Sundials
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Thomas Tucher
- Provenance
- Presented by Lewis Evans
- Primary inscriptions
- Double serpent punch in compass bowl.
- Object type
- Diptych dial
- Dimensions
- Height: 15mm Width: 87mm Depth: 125mm Weight: 223g
- Inventory No
- 46994
- Accession Number
- 1924-0/part?
Description
1a wind rose with index (vane missing), compass viewing hole; 1b vertical pin gnomon dial for ordinary hours indicating solar declination and length of the day; gnomon holes for 42, 48, 54 and latitude table with 17 places in three columns; 2a compass, horizontal string-gnomon dial, two scaphe dials for Italian and Babylonian hours; 2b circular table of Gregorian and Julian epacts, age of moon and hours surrounding a brass hour disc marked "NACHT / VHR".
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