Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Date 1490
Maker Hans Bamman
Place Thüringen
Material Brass
Acquisition Presented by Lewis Evans in 1924
Accession 1924-0/2022

Provenance

Evans acquired it with the Lagermann collection, which he bought in Munich in 1910. Nothing more is known of this collector. A faint inscription roughly scratched in the mater was read by Gunther as 'Andrea Leonardi, Catania 1899 Luglio', evidently referring to a recent Italian owner.
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