Astrolabe Catalogue

 

The calendar is of the Western type. Numbered every fifth day and the end of the month.The vernal equinox falls on the 11th 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]Note the unusual spelling of May
The calendar is labelled:
Month of the year Labelled on astrolabe
1. January : IENVARIVS
2. February : FEBRVARIVS
3. March : MARCIVS
4. April : APRILIS
5. May : MADIVS
6. June : IVNIVS
7. July : IVLIVS
8. August: ΛGVSTVS
9. September : SETENBER
10. October : OCTVBER
11. November : NOVEMNBER
12. December : DECENBER
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