Astrolabe Catalogue

 

The calendar is of the Western type. Every tenth day and th end of the month..The vernal equinox falls on the 14th 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]
The calendar is labelled:
Month of the year Labelled on astrolabe
1. January : JANV
2. February : FEB~
3. March : MAR
4. April : AP'
5. May : MAI
6. June : IVNI
7. July : IVLI
8. August: AVGV
9. September : SEP
10. October : OCTO
11. November : NOVE
12. December : DECE
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