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Diptych Dial, French, c. 1620

Inventory Number 39685

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.39685

Subject
Sundials
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by J. A. Billmeir with his collection.
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated
Physical material
Ivory
glass and brass
Object type
Diptych dial
Dimensions
Height: 66mm Width: 55mm Depth: 14mm
Inventory No
39685
Accession Number
1957-84/91

Description

1a universal equinoctial dial; 1b southern part of equinoctial dial, latitude list and latitude scale; 2a horizontal string-gnomon dial and compass; 2b line decoration. Leaf 1 cracked and repaired; leaf 2 cracked.

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