Astrolabe Catalogue

 

The calendar is of the Western type. The calendar is not numbered.The vernal equinox falls on the 11th 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]There are 120 teeth on the Tropic of Capricorn. Each tooth represents approximately 3 days
The calendar is labelled:
Month of the year Labelled on astrolabe
1. January : IANUARI9
2. February : FEBRUARI9
3. March : MARCI9
4. April : APRILIS
5. May : MADI9
6. June : IUNI9
7. July : IULI9
8. August: AGUST9
9. September : SETEMBER
10. October : OCTOBER
11. November : NOVEMBER
12. December : DECEMBER
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