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Diptych dial
Square box in the form of a book, with a windrose on its lid and a moon dial on its back. Inside the lid are listed the places where the sundial can be used (from North Africa to Sweden). For each latitude indicated (42°, 45°, 48°, 51°, and 54°) there was a hole for inserting a string tied to the opposite [...]
Creator
- Hans Tucher
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Astronomy
- astronomy
Type of item
- Sundial
- sundials
Medium
- ivory
- Ivory
- ivory (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
- second half 16th cent.
- 1700
- 1561
Places
- German
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:402040
Extent
- 129x121 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Medici collections
- Mattias de' Medici acquisition
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/HansTucher.html
Year
- 1700
- 1561
Providing country
- Italy