Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Date 1538
Maker Johann Wagner
Place Nuremberg
Material Brass
Inventory no. 40443
Acquisition Presented by Lewis Evans in 1924

Rule, Regula, Pointer and Alidade Images

Alidade Image:

astrolabe part (photo)

Alidade Image:

astrolabe part (photo)

Alidade

Appearance Tip Sights Pinholes Notches Description
Double-ended,  counter-changed,  original.  Gothic, simple Folding Double None

Inscriptions

Transcription Translation Notes Type
ALHIDADA ID LINEA FIDVCIEI Alidade, that is, fiducial line Miscellaneous
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