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Astrolabe
Unsigned
circa 1500 ?; Italian
Brass; 197 mm in diameter

It is difficult to assign a date and place of origin to this instrument because it presents a mixture of styles. The 'Y' pattern of the rete would suggest an early date and medieval number forms are used on some of the scales. However these are combined with numbers elsewhere and letters that are more characteristic of the 16th century.

Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
Inventory number 35146

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