Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Image of the tympan or plate - click for larger version
Tympan 1a
Latitude 51°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 ORI OBL (Latin in Roman Capital script)
Unequal hours HOR 1 INE. (Latin in Roman Capital script) (Modern), Plain line style.
Horoscopic (great) houses DOMVS I (Latin in Roman Capital script) (IIII), Plain line style.

Inscriptions

Transcription Translation Type
LATI LI Latitude 51° Latitude
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