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Polyhedral dial
    • Setting:
      Room II
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      German
    • Date:
      late 16th cent.
    • Materials:
      gilt and silvered brass
    • Dimensions:
      base 76x50x47 mm
    • Inventory:
      2477
    • Polyhedral dial (Inv. 2477)
    • Polyhedral dial (Inv. 2477)

Instrument in the shape of a trapezoidal solid whose faces carry different types of dials (vertical - horizontal - polar). This finely engraved and decorated instrument is still fitted with tilting gnomons. The upper part has a small compass for orienting the dials. Provenance: Medici collections.