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Astronomical Compendium, Italian?, c. 1600

Inventory Number 54522


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.54522

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans
Primary inscriptions
Two circular tables one "MEDIA NOX PER TOTVMV [sic] ANNVM" , and the other "TABVLA SOLIS MOTVS" .
Physical material
Gilt brass
Object type
Compendium
Dimensions
Height: 18mm Width: 55mm Depth: 52mm Weight: 104g
Inventory No
54522
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Gilt brassbox with upper and lower leaves, and with a vertical pin-gnomon dial for Italian hours; a scaphe with a compass and a wind rose, and two circular tables.