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Astrolabe
Signed by
Cornelius Vinch
Dated 1599;
Naples
Brass; 201 mm in diameter
This is an instrument by a
Flemish
maker made in
Italy
with all the standard features of an
astrolabe
. In the typical
Flemish
way the names of the stars are given with their
magnitudes
and corresponding
planetary temperaments
.
British Museum, London
Registration no. MLA 1857,8-4.31
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