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Plane astrolabe
    • Setting:
      Room II
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      German
    • Date:
      16th cent.
    • Materials:
      copper
    • Dimensions:
      diameter 385 mm
    • Inventory:
      1282
    • Plane astrolabe (Inv. 1282)

German astrolabe with rete and rule, but lacking tympanums. The back displays a shadow square and alidade. Calibrated for latitude 48°2' (corresponding to Munich). Provenance: Vincenzo Viviani bequest.