Astrolabe Catalogue

 

The calendar is of the Western type. Every tenth day and the last day of the month. Note, the last day of December was initially numbered 30 and later corrected to 31.The vernal equinox falls on the 10th 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 : IANVARIVS
2. February : FEBRVARI9
3. March : MARCIVS
4. April : APRILIS
5. May : MAIVS
6. June : IVNIVS
7. July : IVLIVS
8. August: AVGVST9
9. September : SEPTEMBER
10. October : OCTOBER
11. November : NOVEMBER
12. December : DECEMBER
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