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Astrolabe
Workshop of Jean Fusoris
circa 1400; French
Brass; 100 mm in diameter

This instrument, very similar to Epact 86424, can also be attributed to the Jean Fusoris workshop.

The rete is of late Gothic type, and bears 21 star pointers of the flambent type.

There are five plates, one of which is engraved for 'Parisi'.

Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
Inventory number 39540

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