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Astrolabe, by Georg Hartmann, Nuremberg, 1527

Inventory Number 38642


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.38642

Subject
Astrolabes
Item type
Object
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.