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VII.35 Armillary sphere
Maker: unknown
Date:17th cent.
Materials:gilt brass
Dimensions:sphere diameter 185 mm, height 340 mm, width 225 mm
Current inventory:1117
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This Ptolemaic armillary sphere rests on a stand made of turned and partly ornamented wood. The Earth is represented by a brass sphere at the center. The names of the zodiac signs are shown in Latin and Greek. Acquired and restored in the second half of the nineteenth century by Ferdinando Meucci, director of the Museo di Fisica e Storia Naturale of Florence.

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