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Regiomontanus (Johannes Müller von Königsberg), Astrolabe

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Regiomontanus (Johannes Müller von Königsberg, 1436-1476)
Astrolabe, 1462
Private collection

This instrument was made for Bessarion by Regiomontanus as a replacement for the Greek astrolabe that the cardinal had shown him in Vienna.