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I.43 Horizontal dial
Maker:Giovan Battista Magnelli
Place:Florence
Date:1692
Materials:slate
Dimensions:diameter 292 mm
Current inventory:3189
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Round sundial whose surface is marked with three dials: the first for astronomical hours, the second for Italian hours, the third for ancient or Jewish hours. The gnomon of the third dial is missing. Signed by Giovan Battista Magnelli, a maker on whom we have no information.

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