Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Tympan 1a
Latitude 48°0'
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Almucantars

Divisions Labelled Style
Divided every 1° from 0° to 90° Labelled every 10° with   (Modern) numerals Plain line.

Azimuths

Divisions Labelled Style
Divided every 2°  Labelled every 10° with   (Modern) numerals Plain line.

Circles

Type Labelled Style Notes
Equator Æqŭinoctialis (Latin in Italic script) Plain line.
Tropic of Cancer Tropicŭs Cancri (Latin in Italic script) Plain line.
Tropic of Capricorn Tropicŭs Capricorni (Latin in Italic script) Plain line.

Lines

Type Labelled Description
Unequal hours Numbered (Numbers in Numbers, engraved script) (IIII), Hatched line style.
Horoscopic (great) houses Numbered (Numbers in Numbers, engraved script) (Modern), Plain line style.
Meridian line
Horizon rectus "ORIENS" and "OCCIDENS" (Latin in Square capitals script)
Crepuscule Linea Crepŭscŭlina (Latin in Italic script)
Horizon obliquus Horison Obliqŭŭs (Latin in Italic script)

Inscriptions

Transcription Translation Type
Pro eleŭatione poli 48 qŭalis est Viennæ, Linzæ, Ratisbonæ, Monachij, Aŭgŭstæ, Vlmæ, Salisburgij, Argentinæ, Basileæ, Parisijs For latitude 48°, that is: Vienna, Linz, Regensburg, Munich, Augsburg, Ulm, Salzburg, Strassburg, Basel, and Paris Latitude
SEPTENTRIO North Direction
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