Date |
1595 |
Place |
Paris (?) |
Material |
Brass |
Acquisition |
Presented by Lewis Evans in
1924 |
Accession |
1924-0/2056 |
Provenance
Evans bought it from Percy Webster, his
main London dealer. It had been sold at Puttick &
Simpson's, London, on 18 June 1894. An early ownership
inscription on the rule boldly records in Flemish 'Ick
toebehoore Philis de Din', perhaps an abbrebiation for
Philippus. The astrolabe was made for the latitudes of Paris
and Lille, the capital city of French Flanders, which was at
this time part of the Spanish Netherlands. The prominent
religious emblems suggest it may have been made for a Jesuit.