- Subject
- Astrolabes
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Georg Hartmann
- Provenance
- Lent by St John's College.
- Primary inscriptions
- "GEORGIVS HARTMANN NOREMBERGE FECIT. ANNO M D XXVII" and the coat-of-arms of Archbishop Laud on the reverse.
- Physical material
- Brass
- Object type
- Astrolabe
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 16.4cm Height: 21.8cm Depth: 1.5cm Weight: 0.75kg
- Inventory No
- 38642
- Accession Number
- 1924-33
Description
Mater and three plates; the rete, alidade, pin, and wedge are missing.
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