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Polyhedral dial
    • Setting:
      Room II
    • Maker:
      Stefano Buonsignori
    • Place:
      Florence
    • Date:
      late 16th cent.
    • Materials:
      wood
    • Dimensions:
      height 203 mm
    • Inventory:
      2458
    • Polyhedral dial (Inv. 2458)

Polyhedral sundial with hexagonal and square faces, similar to items inv. 2456 and inv. 2459. Each face is painted with a different type of sundial (horizontal -vertical - inclined) complete with gnomon. The top holds a magnetic compass to orient the instrument toward the local magnetic meridian. Made by Stefano Buonsignori. Provenance: Medici collections.