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Horary disk for constructing sundials
    • Setting:
      Room II
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      Italian
    • Date:
      1672
    • Materials:
      brass
    • Dimensions:
      264x287 mm
    • Inventory:
      1304
    • Horary disk for constructing sundials (Inv. 1304)
    • Horary disk for constructing sundials (Inv. 1304)

This horary disk is engraved on a rectangular plate bearing four zodiacal trigones as represented by Regiomontanus. The instrument is calibrated for latitude 43°45' (Florence). The markings are in Italian. Provenance: Vincenzo Viviani bequest.

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