Polyhedral Dial and Scaphe, Italy, ?c.1600 | |
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| Inventory Number: | 35764 |
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| Place Created: | Italy Europe |
| Subject Classification(s): | Lewis Evans Collection By Collection Sundials Mathematical Instruments By Trade Location |
| Accession Number: | 1924-0/part |
| Brief Description: | Painted wooden octagonal upright prism, the lid with an inset compass (needle missing) and horizontal pin-gnomon dial, and wind names on the rim, covering a decorated scaphe dial; two vertical pin-gnomon dials inside the lid; pin-gnomon dials and painted decoration on the sides; an incomplete manuscript calendar volvelle inside the base. |
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| Provenance: | Lewis Evans Collection |
| Collection Group: | Lewis Evans Collection |
| Material(s): |
Wood |
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