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Scaphe Dial
Signed by Georg Hartmann
Dated 1539; Nuremberg
Gilt brass; 151 mm in diameter

This scaphe dial, in the form of a large bowl, had at the bottom a compass which is now missing.

The gnomon, which appears to be a modern replacement, is inclined for latitude 48?, as indicated by the inscription on the border of the scaphe 'POLVS GRA: 48'.

The instrument is in brass and has traces of gilding on the inner surface.

Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
Inventory number 46540

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