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Trattato sopra la nuova inventione della sfera armillare…, Antonio Santucci (facsimile)
    • Setting:
      Room III
    • Author:
      Antonio Santucci
    • Date:
      original ca. 1582/ facsimile 2008
    • Dimensions:
      facsimile 33x22,5 cm
    • Inventory:
      Genova, Biblioteca Universitaria, Ms. F.VII.6
    • Trattato sopra la nuova inventione della sfera armillare…, Antonio Santucci (facsimile)

This short treatise describes the making of an armillary sphere and its demonstrative and astrological purposes. The folio on display illustrates the rotation of the model's internal parts.

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