- Subject
- Astrolabes
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Philippe Danfrie
- Provenance
- Presented by Lewis Evans. Purchased by him from Guggenheim, Venice.
- Primary inscriptions
- Signed on the back: "PHILIPVS Danfrieus, Siderographus Regius Generalis Lutetiæ exarabat Anno Salutis 1584."
- Object type
- Astrolabe
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 219mm Height: 308mm Depth: 56mm Weight: 0.5kg
- Inventory No
- 34268
- Accession Number
- 1924-0/part
Description
Mater, rete, 4 plates, alidade, rule, nut, bolt and original leather-covered wooden case.
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