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Polyhedral dial
Polyhedral sundial with hexagonal and square faces, similar to items inv. 2456 and inv. 2459. Each face is painted with a different type of sundial (horizontal -vertical - inclined) complete with gnomon. The top holds a magnetic compass to orient the instrument toward the local magnetic meridian. Made [...]
Creator
- Stefano Buonsignori
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Astronomy
- astronomy
Type of item
- Sundial
- sundials
Medium
- wood
- Wood
- wood (plant material)
Providing institution
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- late 16th cent.
- 1600
- 1581
Places
- Florence
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:403054
Extent
- height 203 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Medici collections
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/StefanoBuonsignori.html
Year
- 1600
- 1581
Providing country
- Italy