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Sundial
    • Setting:
      Room II
    • Maker:
      Carlo Plato [attr.]
    • Place:
      Rome
    • Date:
      1578
    • Materials:
      gilt brass
    • Dimensions:
      diameter 126 mm
    • Inventory:
      246
    • Sundial (Inv. 246)
    • Sundial (Inv. 246)

The instrument consists of a disk engraved with four horizontal dials on each side, complete with gnomons (only one gnomon is missing). Each dial is marked for a different latitude and displays a different arrangement of the hours. In the center of the disk is inserted a gimbaled compass for orienting the instrument. Attributed to Carlo Plato. Provenance: Medici collections.

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