Astrolabe Catalogue

Degree

Type: Degree
Style: 0° - 90° - 0° - 90° running clockwise from the 90° point (i.e. the throne)
Geometry: Circular, concentric
Unit of measurement: Degrees of arc
(Numbering) starts at: 0
(Numbering) ends at: 90
Numbered: every 10
Repeats: 4 times
Divided every: 10 (Degrees of arc)
Notes: This scale is in the same hand as the rest of the engraving on this instrument. Its crude divisions and cramped appearance suggest that it was added as an afterthought onto a limb far too narrow to accommodate a scale.

Scale located on: Limb .
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