Menu   Introduction   Catalogue   Essay   Handlist   Museums   Makers   Bibliography   Places   Conventions   Articles   Credits   Glossary   Help   Search   Index				Hans Droschel Hans Troschel (or Droschel) was born in 1548 or 1549, probably in Bamberg. He settled in Nuremberg and became a citizen in 1579. Surviving instruments by him include ivory diptych sundials, lunar volvelles and astronomical compendia. His instruments are usually marked with a thrush on a twig. Hans Troschel died in Nuremberg on 1 June 1612. References: E. Zinner, Deutsche und Niederl?ndische astronomische Instrumente des 11. bis 18. Jahrhunderts (2nd ed., Munich, 1967), pp. 551-5, and p. 687; C. Vincent and B. Chandler, "Night-time and Easter Time: The Rotations of the Sun, the Moon, and the Little Bear in Renaissance Time Reckoning", Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, 2 (1969), pp. 372-84; P. Gouk, The Ivory Sundials of Nuremberg 1500-1700 (Cambridge, 1988), pp. 59-60, 117; S. A. Lloyd, Ivory Diptych Sundials 1570-1750 (Cambridge, Mass., 1992), p. 57. || Introduction || Essay || Museums || Bibliography || Conventions || Credits || Privacy || Help || || Catalogue entries || Handlist || Makers || Places || Articles || Glossary || Search || Home ||