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VII.31 Armillary sphere
Maker: unknown
Date:17th cent.
Materials:brass
Dimensions:sphere diameter 70 mm, height 150 mm, width 95 mm
Current inventory:119
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Small brass armillary sphere on a turned wooden stand. The sphere is geocentric and the Earth is represented by a small boxwood sphere. The horizon circle and the meridian are graduated. The sphere also carries the zodiac signs.

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