Month of the year | Labelled on astrolabe |
---|---|
1. January : | INAVARIVS |
2. February : | FEBRVARI9 |
3. March : | MARTIVS |
4. April : | APRILIS |
5. May : | MAIVS |
6. June : | IVNIVS |
7. July : | IVLIVS |
8. August: | AVGVSTVS |
9. September : | SPETEMB[ER] |
10. October : | OCTOBER |
11. November : | NOVEMBER |
12. December : | DECEMBER |
The calendar is of the Western type. Every fifth day and the
end of the month. Note that December has 31 1/4 days as do a
number of other instruments in this collection..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: