- Subject
- Optical instruments
- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Transferred from the Stapleton Archive.
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 50mm Height: 105mm Depth: 8mm Weight: 22g
- Inventory No
- 51514
Description
Magnifying lens with an embossed silver frame and a teardrop shaped holder attached with a pin. There is a handwritten note accompanying the lens, which details that it was found in the 2nd volume of the Asafiyah Library catalogue of alchemical manuscripts in the Stapleton Archive.
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