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Quadrant
    • Setting:
      Room V
    • Inventor:
      Robert Dudley
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      English
    • Date:
      1597
    • Materials:
      brass
    • Dimensions:
      radius 370 mm
    • Inventory:
      3365
    • Quadrant (Inv. 3365)
    • Quadrant (Inv. 3365)

The front of this quadrant carries the windrose, the zodiacal calendar, and the shadow square. On the back are engraved the hour lines, the path of the Sun's diurnal arc, a zodiacal belt, and the degree scale. Provenance: Robert Dudley bequest to the Medici collections.