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Astronomical Ring Dial
Signed by Gualterus Arsenius
Dated 1572; Louvain
Gilt brass; 262 mm in diameter

This instrument was made in 1572 by Gualterus Arsenius, a 'nephew' of the innovative Louvain mathematician Gemma Frisius.

Gualterus Arsenius made several astronomical instruments between 1554 and 1575, and this is one of his last known instruments.

Museum Boerhaave, Leiden
Inventory no. 9163

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