Astrolabe Catalogue

 

The calendar is of the Western type. Not numbered.The vernal equinox falls on the 10th day of March. [N.B: Date is decimal as date of vernal equinox on some astrolabes can be measured to within 0.25 of a day]This scale was not finished. The months have not been divided from one another nor have the days of the months been marked
The calendar is labelled:
Month of the year Labelled on astrolabe
1. January : IANVARI9
2. February : FEBRVARI9
3. March : MARTI9
4. April : APRILI’
5. May : MADIV9
6. June : IVNIV9
7. July : IVLIV9
8. August: AGVSTVS
9. September : SETEMB’
10. October : OCTVB’
11. November : NOVEMB’
12. December : DECEMB’
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