Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Date ca. 1260
Place Spain
Material Brass
Inventory no. 37878
Acquisition Presented by Lewis Evans in 1924
There are 7 plates with latitudes ranging from 38°0' to 58°0' .

Latitude 41°0'

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esar august Latitudo XI Saragossa, Latitude 41° The X is modified to resemble a gothic 4.. Latitude
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Latitude 42°0'

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Latitudo XII Latitude 42° The X is modified to resemble a gothic 4.. Latitude
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Latitude 45°0'

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Latitudo XV Latitude 45° The X is modified to resemble a gothic 4.. Latitude
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Latitude 46°0'

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Latitudo XVI Latitude 46° The X is modified to resemble a gothic 4.. Latitude
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Latitude 47°0'

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Latitudo XVII Latitude 47° The X is modified to resemble a gothic 4.. Latitude
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Latitude 48°0'

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Latitudo XVIII Latitude 48° The X is modified to resemble a gothic 4.. Latitude
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Latitude 49°0'

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Latitudo XIX Latitude 49° The X is modified to resemble a gothic 4.. Latitude
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Latitude 50°0'

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Latitudo XIX Latitude 50° The X is modified to resemble a gothic 4.. Latitude
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Latitude 38°0'

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Latitudo XXXVIII Latitude 38° Latitude
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Latitude 49°0'

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This tympan was engraved in a distinctly different style and probably at a later date.. Inscribed:
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Parisius Paris Latitude
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Latitude 55°0'

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Latitudo LV Latitude 55° Latitude
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Latitude 51°0'

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This tympan was engraved in a distinctly different style and probably at a later date. All of the engraving is extremely faint. The tab has broken off this tympan.. Inscribed:
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Latitudo ad Parisius Latitude of Paris Latitude
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Latitude 57°0'

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Latitudo LVII Latitude 57° Latitude
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Latitude 58°0'

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Latitudo LVIII Latitude 58° Latitude
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