Astrolabe Catalogue

 

The calendar is of the Western type. Numbered every tenth day and the end of the month.The vernal equinox falls on the 1th 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 : Ianua9
2. February : Februari9
3. March : Marci9
4. April : Aprilis
5. May : Mai9
6. June : Iugni9
7. July : Iuli9
8. August: Aug9
9. September : Septemb'
10. October : Oxcob'
11. November : Novēb'
12. December : Decēb'
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