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II.35 Astronomical compendium
Maker: unknown
Place:German
Date:late 16th cent.
Materials:silvered and gilt brass
Dimensions:closed: 86x86 mm
Current inventory:2478
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Astronomical compendium consisting of a box with three compartments. In the first, there is an astrolabe and a lunar calendar. Between the first and second compartment is an hour circle. The second compartment houses a sundial and a magnetic compass for orientation. The third compartment contains the Horae planetarum table and an horary quadrant with a shadow square. The markings are in German. The finely engraved instrument is already recorded in the 1595 inventory of the belongings of Grand Duke Ferdinand I de' Medici.

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