Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Tympan 1b
Latitude 50°0'
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Almucantars

Divisions Labelled Style
Divided every 1° from 0° to 90° Labelled every 10° with   (Modern) numerals Plain line.

Azimuths

Divisions Labelled Style
Divided every 2°  Labelled every 10° with   (Modern) numerals Plain line.

Circles

Type Labelled Style Notes
Equator Æqŭinoctialis (Latin in Italic script) Plain line.
Tropic of Cancer Tropicŭs Cancri (Latin in Italic script) Plain line.
Tropic of Capricorn Tropicŭs Capricorni (Latin in Italic script) Plain line.

Lines

Type Labelled Description
Unequal hours Numbered (Numbers in Numbers, engraved script) (IIII), Hatched line style.
Horoscopic (great) houses Numbered (Numbers in Numbers, engraved script) (Modern), Plain line style.
Meridian line
Horizon rectus Horiszon rectŭs (Latin in Square capitals script)
Crepuscule Linea Crepŭscŭlina (Latin in Italic script)
Horizon obliquus Horison Obliqŭŭs (Latin in Italic script)

Inscriptions

Transcription Translation Type
Pro eleŭatione poli 50 qŭalis est Pragæ, Olmŭtij, Nissæ, Cracoŭiæ. Item 49 ut Noribergæ, Crŭmnoŭiæ, Trebonijs. Item 51 ut Vratislaŭiæ, Dresdæ, Antŭerpiæ Coloniæ For latitude 50°, that is: Prague, Olmütz, Niesse and Krakow; also 49° for Nuremberg, Kromau, Trebon. Also 51° for Bratislava, Dresden and Antwerp Latitude
SEPTENTRIO North Direction
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