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Astrolabe, attributed to Michiel Coignet, Antwerp?, Early 17th Century

Inventory Number 54424


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.54424

Subject
Astrolabes
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by J. A. Billmeir.
Physical material
copper alloy
Object type
Astrolabe
Dimensions
Diameter: 320mm Height: 40mm Weight: 3290g
Inventory No
54424
Accession Number
1957-84/18

Description

Particular and universal astrolabe. Comparison of this astrolabe with others during the 'Familia Universalis Coignet' exhibition in Antwerp in 1998 suggested that the idea that this astrolabe derives from the Antwerp workshop of Michael Coignet is probably unfounded.