Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Date ca. 1585
Maker Erasmus Habermel
Place Germany
Material Brass
Inventory no. 37297
Acquisition Presented by Lewis Evans in 1924
There are 3 plates with latitudes ranging from 39°0' to 51°0' .

Latitude 42°0'

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Inscribed:
Transcription Translation Notes Type
Pro eleŭatione poli 42 gra: For latitude 42° Latitude
Septentrio North Direction
Occidens West Direction
Oriens East Direction
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Latitude 39°0'

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Inscribed:
Transcription Translation Notes Type
Pro eleŭatione poli 39 gra: For latitude 39° Latitude
Septentrio North Direction
Occidens West Direction
Oriens East Direction
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Latitude 48°0'

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Inscribed:
Transcription Translation Notes Type
Pro eleŭatione poli 48 gra: For latitude 48° Latitude
Septentrio North Direction
Occidens West Direction
Oriens East Direction
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Latitude 45°0'

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Inscribed:
Transcription Translation Notes Type
Pro eleŭatione poli 45 gra: For latitude 45° Latitude
Septentrio North Direction
Occidens West Direction
Oriens East Direction
More information

Latitude 51°0'

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Inscribed:
Transcription Translation Notes Type
Pro eleŭatione poli 51 gra: For latitude 51° Latitude
Septentrio North Direction
Occidens West Direction
Oriens East Direction
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Latitude N/A

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This side of the plate contains various scales that are commonly found on the back of European astrolabes. That the equator and tropic of capricorn are present, as are the three directions, suggest that this plate was initially intended to be a stereographic projection like the others. This plate contains 5 scales of the following type(s): Table of Horizons Shadow square Equal hours Unequal hours Inscribed:
Transcription Translation Notes Type
Septentrio North Direction
Occidens West Direction
Oriens East Direction
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