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Quadrant
The front of this quadrant carries the windrose, the zodiacal calendar, and the shadow square. On the back are engraved the hour lines, the path of the Sun's diurnal arc, a zodiacal belt, and the degree scale. Provenance: Robert Dudley bequest to the Medici collections.
Creator
- Robert Dudley
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Astronomy
- astronomy
Type of item
- Quadrant
- quadrants (measuring devices)
Medium
- brass
- Brass
- brass (alloy)
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
- 1597
- 1597
- 1597
- 1597
- 1597
Places
- English
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:402053
Extent
- radius 370 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Medici collections
- Dudley collection
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/RobertDudleyDukeOfNorthumberland.html
Year
- 1597
Providing country
- Italy