Astrolabe Catalogue

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Small image of windrose. Click for full size.
The windrose is of the 32-direction type. The cardinal points are engraved in square capitals; the remaining directions are engraved in italic script. The entire windrose is rotated such that north is at the bottom of the instrument. The stylised image to the right shows how the cardinal points are divided up in 32 different directions. The table below shows how the points are labelled on the actual windrose.
The windrose is labelled:
Direction Labelled
N None
S None
E None
W None
NE None
SE None
SW None
NW None
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