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 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]
The calendar is labelled:
Month of the year Labelled on astrolabe
1. January : IANVA
2. February : FEBRV
3. March : MARCI9
4. April : APRI
5. May : MAI9
6. June : IUNI9
7. July : IVLIV9
8. August: AVGV
9. September : SEPTE
10. October : OCTO
11. November : NOVE
12. December : DECEN
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