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| Hieronymus Reinmann |
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| Hieronymus Reinmann was made Master Compass Maker in Nuremberg in 1556. He made several sundials and in 1568 his work was commented on favourably by Emperor Maximilian II.
His son Paul Reinmann was to become one of Nuremberg's most prominent sundial makers. Hieronymus Reinmann died on 30 July 1577.
| For instruments by Hieronymus Reinmann, see: | |
Diptych Dial, Signed by Hieronymus Reinmann, Nuremberg, Dated 1559 (Oxford, MHS) |
| References:
E. Zinner, Deutsche und Niederl?ndische astronomische Instrumente des 11. bis 18. Jahrhunderts (2nd ed., Munich, 1967), pp. 484-5; P. Gouk, The Ivory Sundials of Nuremberg 1500-1700 (Cambridge, 1988), pp. 59-60.
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