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Diptych Dial
Signed by Hieronymus Reinmann
Dated 1559; Nuremberg
Ivory and brass; 56 x 90 x 13 mm

This is a relatively early example of a diptych dial, and is signed by Hieronymus Reinmann.

The decoration consists of a sun effigy on the outer face of the upper leaf, and on the inner sides the use of colours, especially red and green, is extensive.

Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
Inventory number 81867

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