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I.64 Scaphe dial
Maker: unknown
Place:Italian
Date:late 17th cent.
Materials:brass
Dimensions:137x128x128 mm
Current inventory:139, 3088
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Scaphe dial consisting of a square base supporting a tilting pedestal. The hour lines are inscribed on the inner surface of the cup, which 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. The dial is calibrated for latitude 43°30' (Florence). Provenance: Medici collections.

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