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Horary quadrant
    • Setting:
      Room II
    • Maker:
      Girolamo della Volpaia
    • Place:
      Florence
    • Date:
      1570
    • Materials:
      brass
    • Dimensions:
      336x336 mm
    • Inventory:
      239
    • Horary quadrant (Inv. 239)
    • Horary quadrant (Inv. 239)

The quadrant, fitted with sights, is set for latitude 43° (corresponding to the belt including Tuscany, Umbria, and the northern part of Lazio). The front carries a shadow square, hour lines and a "Tabula Solis motus" (Table of the motion of the Sun) indicating the Sun's entrance into the zodiac signs. The back carries a large tilting iron foot, used as a support. Signed by Girolamo della Volpaia. Provenance: Medici collections.

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