Astrolabe Catalogue

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Small image of windrose. Click for full size.
The windrose is of the Full 32-direction windrose type. All 32 winds are named in Latin. The stylised image to the right shows how the cardinal points are divided up in 32 different directions. The table below shows how the points are labelled on the actual windrose.
The windrose is labelled:
Direction Labelled
N APARCTIAS
S NOTVS
E APELIOTES
W ZEPHYRVS
NE Arctapeliotes
SE Notapeliotes
SW Notozephyrus
NW Arctozephyrus
NNE Boreas
ENE Cæcias
ESE Eurus
SSE Euronotus
SSW Libonotus
WSW Libs
WNW Argestes
NNW Tracias
N by E Hyperboreus
NE by N Mesoboreas
NE by E Hypercæcias
E by N Mesocæcias
E by S Hypereurus
SE by E Meseurus
SE by S Hypereuronotus
S by E Meseuronotus
S by W Mesolibonotus
SW by S Hyperliobnotus
SW by W Mesolibs
W by S Hyperlibs
W by N Mesargestes
NW by W Hyperargestes
NW by N Mesothracias
N by W Hyperthracias
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