Astrolabe Catalogue

 

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Tympan 2a
This is, in fact, the plate that attaches to the back of the instrument. It bears a Geminus-style sundial, similar to a de Rojas universal projection. The two tropics bear numbers 1 to 12. The meridians are engraved every hour. Both ends are labeled with the zodiacal signs.
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