Date |
ca. 1500 |
Place |
Italy (?) |
Material |
Brass |
Inventory no. |
35146 |
Acquisition |
Presented by Lewis Evans in
1924 |
The rete is of the y-shaped (modified) type. The
zodiac on the rete is labelled: ARIES , TAVRVS , GEMMIN ,
CANCER , LEO , VIRGO , LIBRA , SCORPIO , SAGITTARIVS ,
CAPRICORNVS , AQVARIVS , PISCES
Scales
Range & Units |
Numbered |
Geometry |
Location |
Equal
hours |
1 - 16 Times of day |
Every 1 |
Circular, concentric |
tropic of capricorn |
Ecliptic |
0 - 30 Degrees of ecliptic |
Every 5 |
Ecliptic |
ecliptic |
Stars
There are 16 stars on the rete marked with bulb
pointers. Unless otherwise indicated the star name, mediation
and declination are as marked/measured on the rete.
Click on the star name or modern star name to search for
other astrolabes with the same star.
Pin & Wedge
The rete is attached using a pin
& wedge. Heavy pin with large head; small wedge, crudely
made.