Astrolabe Catalogue

 

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Tympan 2a
Latitude 45°0'
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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
Horizon obliquus
Unequal hours Numbered (Numbers in Numbers, engraved script) (Modern), Plain line style.

Inscriptions

Transcription Translation Type
45 Latitude
ME Meridian Miscellaneous
ME NOX Midnight Miscellaneous
ORI East Direction
OCCI West Direction
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