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Astrolabe
Signed by Bastien Le Seney
circa 1545; London
Gilt brass; 85 mm in diameter

This small astrolabe, signed by Bastien Le Seney from Normandy, clockmaker to Henry VIII, is inscribed with the King's motto and arms but surprisingly the quartering is mixed up and lions in the top left quarter face in the wrong direction.

The rete seems to be too small, but in fact matches the unusually small circle of the Tropic of Capricorn.

British Museum, London
Registration no. MLA 1878,11-1.113

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