Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Date ca. 1370
Place England (?)
Material Brass
Inventory no. 47869
Acquisition Presented by the Misses M. E. and L. C. Hyett and by The Friends of the Old Ashmolean in 1955
There are 3 plates with latitudes ranging from 40°0' to 59°0' .

Latitude 40°0'

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Tholet9 40 Toledo 40° Latitude
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Latitude 42°0'

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Roma 42 Rome 42° Latitude
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Latitude 49°0'

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Colonna 49 Cologne 49° Latitude
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Latitude 59°0'

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Parisi9 59 Paris 59° The latitude for Paris is incorrectly identified as 59°. The common latitude was 49°.. Latitude
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Latitude 57°0'

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Beruuik 57 Berwick 57° Latitude
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Latitude 52°0'

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London9 52 London 52° Latitude
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