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I.63 Scaphe dial
Maker: unknown
Place:Italian
Date:17th cent.
Materials:brass
Dimensions:345x108x108 mm
Current inventory:2533
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Scaphe dial consisting of a squat base holding a cup in which the hour lines are inscribed. The cup has three parallel slits representing the main parallel circles of the celestial sphere (the equator and the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn). There is a gnomon and a long arm for suspending the instrument. Provenance: Medici collections.

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