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Navicula de Venetiis
This dial is known as a naviculum dial because is shaped like a small boat. Of this type of instrument, documented from the fourteenth century, only a small number of specimens have survived. The dial consists of two engraved brass plates joined together. The front displays the lines of the diurnal [...]
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- astronomy
- Astronomy
Type of item
- Sundial
- sundials
Medium
- brass
- brass (alloy)
- Brass
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
- 15th cent.
- 14XX
- 1500
- 1401
Places
- English
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:401013
Extent
- 180x92 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Medici collections
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/indepth/CursorSlide.html
Year
- 1401
- 1500
Providing country
- Italy