Astrolabe Catalogue

 

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Tympan 7b
Latitude 58°0'
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Almucantars

Divisions Labelled Style
Divided every 6° from 0° to 90° Plain line.

Circles

Type Labelled Style Notes
Equator Plain line.
Tropic of Cancer Plain line.
Tropic of Capricorn Plain line.

Lines

Type Labelled Description
Meridian line
Horizon rectus
Unequal hours Numbered (Numbers in Numbers, engraved script) (IIII), Plain line style.

Inscriptions

Transcription Translation Type
Latitudo LVIII Latitude 58° Latitude
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