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III.17 Case of mathematical instruments
Makers:Giacomo Lusverg, Domenico Lusverg
Place:Rome
Date:late 17th cent. - early 18th cent.
Materials:brass; case: black leather lined with florentine paper
Dimensions:case height 192 mm
Current inventory:639, 640, 673, 703
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The case is divided into twenty-one compartments. It contains the following precision-made brass instruments: military compasses fitted with a magnetic compass whose cover is signed "Dominicus Lusverg Roma"; a square; a pair of dividers; an instrument to draw parallel lines; a folding linear measure; a bar to draw ellipses, with two points, one of which slides; a pair of dividers with octagonal head and curved legs; another bar to draw ellipses with two sliding points and pencil-holder, signed "Iacobus Lusverg Roma"; and a gunner's quadrant with five viewers and a fitting for a tripod, signed "Iacobus Lusverg Rome." Provenance: Medici collections.

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