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Protractor
    • Setting:
      Room VI
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Date:
      16th cent.
    • Materials:
      brass
    • Dimensions:
      diameter 80 mm
    • Inventory:
      683, 2526
    • Protractor (Inv. 683, 2526)

Protractor consisting of a graduated circle and index. The central space, which is empty, is divided into four sections, one of which is occupied by a small quadrant. This part rotates inside the circle. Provenance: Medici collections.