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Diptych Dial, by Paul Reinmann, Nuremberg, 1601

Inventory Number 53735


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.53735

Subject
Sundials
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by J. A. Billmeir.
Primary inscriptions
"PAVLVS REINMAN NORIMBERGAE", "1601" and crown mark on face 2a.
Physical material
Gilt brass and glass
Object type
Diptych dial
Dimensions
Height: 13mm Width: 68mm Depth: 85mm Weight: 0.2kg
Inventory No
53735
Accession Number
1957-84/74

Description

1a wind rose and compass viewing hole; 1b vertical pin gnomon dial (gnomon missing) and table of latitudes; horizontal string-gnomon dial for 39, 42, 45, 48, 51, 54° and compass; 2b blank except for line decoration.