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Lunar converter
    • Setting:
      Room II
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      Italian
    • Date:
      17th cent.
    • Materials:
      wood, brass
    • Dimensions:
      250x160 mm
    • Inventory:
      3701
    • Lunar converter (Inv. 3701)
    • Lunar converter (Inv. 3701)

This nocturnal and sundial consists of a rectangular wooden table whose top side carries two concentric brass disks of different diameters, with indexes. The reverse carries a compass (now missing) for orienting the instrument and several dials, with Italian inscriptions. Provenance: Medici collections.

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