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Equinoctial Dial, by Hieronymus de Arresse, Spain, 1598

Inventory Number 38577


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.38577

Subject
Sundials
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans
Primary inscriptions
"F. Hieronymus de Arresse"
Physical material
Brass
Object type
Equinoctial dial
Dimensions
Height: 15mm Width: 60mm Depth: 75mm Weight: 172g
Inventory No
38577
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Brass box with hinged lid. Hour scale on outer lid, gnomon missing, inset compass and latitude strut and scale inside, with engraved figures of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Anthony of Padua on the inner lid; latitude table on base.