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Inventory no. 33871 - Former Display Label

German NOCTURNAL and REGIOMONTANUS DIAL
1557

Brass. Signed, "Caspar Vopeli' Mathem. Coloni. Agrippi [i.e. of Cologne]. Faciebat 1557".

In the centre of the nocturnal is a lunar aspectarium. On the back (which is shown) are a Regiomontanus dial and a shadow-scale. On the handle are the arms of the city of Cologne.

[G. 70]
Lewis Evans Collection.

Other narratives:

• Inventory no. 33871 - Epact entry
• German nocturnals

Related Objects:

• Inventory No. 33871, "Nocturnal and Regiomontanus-Type Dial, by Caspar Vopel, Cologne, 1557" [1924-0/part], Vopel, Caspar