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Plane astrolabe
This small astrolabe comprises three tympanums: two are for latitudes 41°/42°, and 43°/44° (corresponding to the regions between Castille and Provence); the third is ungraduated. There is a rete and an alidade. The rete bears twenty-two silver studs representing the fixed stars. The limb of the mater [...]
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- astronomy
- Astronomy
Type of item
- Astrolabe
- astrolabes
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- 13th cent.
- 12XX
- 1300
- 1201
Places
- French?
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:401006
Extent
- diameter 98 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Medici collections
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/indepth/Alidade.html
Year
- 1201
- 1300
Providing country
- Italy