Epact: Astrolabe signed by Georg Hartmann, dated 1541

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Astrolabe
Signed by Georg Hartmann
Dated 1541; Nuremberg
Gilt brass; 108 mm in diameter

This instrument is signed by the well-known Nuremberg instrument maker Georg Hartmann (1489-1564), but there are several indications that it is in fact the work of a 16th-century imitator.

Museum Boerhaave, Leiden
Inventory no. 3087

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