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

Rule, Regula, Pointer and Alidade Images

Alidade Image:

astrolabe part (photo)

Alidade Image:

astrolabe part (photo)

Rule Image:

astrolabe part (photo)

Rule Image:

astrolabe part (photo)

Pointer

Appearance Tip Sights Pinholes Notches Description
Double-ended,  counter-changed,  original.  Simple None None None

Alidade

Appearance Tip Sights Pinholes Notches Description
Double-ended,  counter-changed,  original.  Simple Rigid Single Single
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