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Diptych Dial, by Johann Gebhart, German, Mid-16th Century

Inventory Number 42475


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.42475

Subject
Sundials
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans
Primary inscriptions
"IOHANN* GEBHART"
Physical material
Gilt brass
Object type
Diptych dial
Dimensions
Height: 13mm Width: 54mm Depth: 79mm Weight: 249g
Inventory No
42475
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Rectangular box with hinged lid. Equinoctial solar and lunar dial with table of latitudes on both faces of cover, with notched latitude scale; horizontal pin-gnomon dial with inset compass and folding arm for elevating equinoctial dial; base blank.