Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Front of astrolabe without rete or plates. Click to enlarge
Date ca. 1690
Maker John Prujean
Place Oxford
Material Wood
Inventory no. 48821
Acquisition Presented by Lewis Evans in 1924


Mater

The mater and limb are of other construction. . Scales on the limb:
Type Range & Units Numbered Geometry Location
Equal hours 0 - 12 1/12 of daylight Every hour hours Circular, concentric None
Degree 0 - 90 Degrees Every 10 degrees Circular, concentric None

Womb


Wood covered with printed paper. The womb is inscribed:
Content Translation Notes Type
Johā. Prujean Fecit Oxon John Prujean made [it] at Oxford Macron over x Maker's signature
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