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Geographical Astrolabe, by Gillis Coignet, Antwerp, 1560

Inventory Number 53211

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.53211

Subject
Astrolabes
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans.
Primary inscriptions
"Aegidius cuiniet antuerpianus facieb. A. 1560" on the reverse below the cut-out for the plumb bob.
Physical material
Brass
Object type
Geographical astrolabe
Dimensions
Diameter: 251mm Depth: 18mm Weight: 1.139kg
Inventory No
53211
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Mater, geographical plate, rete, rule; sundial plate, trigonus, nut and bolt. On the back is a sundial derived from the Rojas projection, with a 'trigonus' as described by Gemma Frisius in his edition to Apianus's Cosmographia.

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