Epact Scientific Instruments of Medieval and Renaissance Europe

Three other astrolabes from Coignet's hand are presently preserved in the Castello Sforzesco in Milan (undated), the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin (dated 1572), and the Museo Naval in Madrid (dated 1598). His father Gillis Coignet (died circa 1562), was a goldsmith, who also made astrolabes.

Museum Boerhaave, Leiden
Inventory no. 3105

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