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Diptych Dial
Attributed to a Thomas Tucher
circa 1590; Nuremberg
Ivory and brass; 130 x 80 x 13 mm
This instrument takes the unusual shape of a book with clasps. It also includes a wegweiser, the contemporary name of the instrument itself.It is decorated using ink of different colours: red, blue and black.
British Museum, London
Registration no. MLA 1896, 2-12.2
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