Compasses
Barrois compass
Inv. 656
Franz Schwartz, Brussels, first half 18th cent.
Caliper compass
Inv. 3693
Peugeot Frères, French, 19th cent.
Caliper compass
Inv. 652, 3706
Maker unknown, Italian, 17th cent.
Compass known as Michelangelo's compass
Inv. 1357
Maker unknown, Italian, 16th cent.
Dividers
Inv. 1000
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Dividers
Inv. 1486/bis
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Dividers
Inv. 2515
Benvenuto della Volpaia, Florence, 16th cent.
Drawing compass
Inv. 3684
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Four-point proportional compasses
Inv. 3567
Giovanni Maccari, Rome, 1666
Geometric and military compass
Inv. 2430
Galileo Galilei, ca. 1606
Geometric and military compass
Inv. 3540
Giovanni Maccari, Italian, 1676
Military compass
Inv. 1277
Maker unknown, 16th cent.
Military compass
Inv. 3692
Maker unknown, French, 18th cent.
Nautical compass
Inv. 599
Maker unknown, English, late 16th cent.
Nautical compass
Inv. 600
Maker unknown, English, late 16th cent.
Plumb level (gunner's level) and proportional compasses
Inv. 3695
Pierre Galland, 18th cent.
Proportional and surveying compasses
Inv. 2510
Georg Zorn, Augsburg, 1618
Proportional compasses
Dep. GN, Roma
Antonio Costa, Italian, 17th cent.
Proportional compasses
Inv. 650
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Proportional compasses
Inv. 3647
Jacques Canivet, Paris, 18th cent.
Proportional compasses
Inv. 3676
Pierre Le Maire, Paris, 18th cent.
Proportional compasses
Inv. 2512
Jost Miller, Strasbourg, 1616
Reduction compass
Inv. 3686
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Reduction compass
Inv. 655
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Reduction compass
Inv. 688
Agostino Rastrelli, Florence, 1719
Reduction compass
Inv. 633
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Single-handed dividers
Inv. 1478
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Single-handed dividers
Inv. 1479
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Surveying compass
Inv. 1280
Maker unknown, 17th cent.
Surveying compass
Inv. 3687
Urbino workshop, 16th cent.
Surveying compass
Inv. 1471
Maker unknown, Italian, 17th cent.
Surveying compass
Inv. 2527
Humphrey Cole, London, 1575
Three-legged compass
Inv. 1480
Maker unknown, Italian, 17th cent.