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Paper Astrolabe, by Georg Hartmann, Nuremberg, 1542

Inventory Number 49296


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.49296

Subject
Astrolabes
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans in 1924. Purchased by him from Guggenheim, Venice in 1895.
Primary inscriptions
Signed on the back beneath the shadow square: "GEORCIVS HARTMAN{N} NOREMBERGE FACIEBAT ANNO M D XXXXII".
Object type
Astrolabe
Dimensions
Diameter: 135mm Depth: 35mm
Inventory No
49296
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Mater, rete for 27 stars, 3 plates, alidade, nut and bolt.