Astrolabe Catalogue

 

The calendar is of the Western type. numbered every 5 days and the end of the month NB, February is numbered every 4th day .The vernal equinox falls on the 13th day of March. [N.B: Date is decimal as date of vernal equinox on some astrolabes can be measured to within 0.25 of a day]
The calendar is labelled:
Month of the year Labelled on astrolabe
1. January : IANVARIV9
2. February : FEBROARI9
3. March : MARCIVS
4. April : APRILIS
5. May : MADIVS
6. June : IVNIVS
7. July : IVLIVS
8. August: AVGVST9
9. September : SEPTEMB’
10. October : OCTOBER
11. November : NOVEMBER
12. December : DECEMB’
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