Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Tympan 1b
Unlike the rest of the instrument, which has been printed, the tympan has been hand-written..

Circles

Type Labelled Style Notes
Equator Plain line.
Tropic of Cancer Plain line.
Tropic of Capricorn Plain line.

Lines

Type Labelled Description
Meridian line
Horizon rectus
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