Epact Scientific Instruments of Medieval and Renaissance Europe


	Augsburg

Augsburg was a city and episcopal see in Bavaria, and a centre for the production of fine metalwork, which in the sixteenth century included portable sundials and other mathematical instruments. Like the nearby south-German city of Nuremberg, it benefited from its success as a centre for trade with distant parts of Europe, under the influence of such powerful merchant princes as the Fuggers and Welsers. The most famous Augsburg maker of the period was Christoph Schissler.

For Augsburg instruments, see:

Astrolabe, Signed by Christoph Schissler, Augsburg, Dated 1560 (Firenze, IMSS)

Astronomical Compendium, Signed by Tobias Klieber, Augsburg, Dated 1595 (London, BM)

Astronomical Compendium, Signed by Christoph Schissler, Augsburg, circa 1550 (London, BM)

Astronomical Compendium, Signed by Christoph Schissler, Augsburg, Dated 1566 (Oxford, MHS)

Astronomical Compendium, Signed by Ulrich Klieber, Augsburg, Dated 1555 (Oxford, MHS)

Astronomical Compendium, Attributed to Christoph Schissler, Augsburg, circa 1570 ? (London, BM)

Astronomical Compendium, Signed by Christoph Schissler, Augsburg, Later 16th century (Oxford, MHS)

Astronomical Compendium, Signed by Christoph Schissler, Augsburg, Dated 1563 (London, BM)

Astronomical Compendium, Attributed to Christoph Schissler, Augsburg, Later 16th century (Oxford, MHS)

Astronomical Compendium, Signed by Christoph Schissler, Augsburg, Dated 1557 (Oxford, MHS)

Astronomical Compendium, Signed by Christoph Schissler, Augsburg, Dated 1588 (Oxford, MHS)

Astronomical Compendium, Signed by Christoph Schissler, Augsburg, Dated 1557 (London, BM)

Astronomical Compendium, Signed by Christoph Schissler, Augsburg, Dated 1608 (Oxford, MHS)

Astronomical Compendium, Signed by Christoph Schissler, Augsburg, Dated 1556 (Oxford, MHS)

Diptych Dial, Attributed to Christoph Schissler, Augsburg, Dated 1566 (London, BM)

Equinoctial Dial, Signed by Christoph Schissler, Augsburg, circa 1570 (London, BM)

Gunner's Sight And Level, Signed by Ulrich Klieber, Augsburg, Dated 1578 (Oxford, MHS)

Gunner's Sight And Level, Unsigned, Augsburg, Late 16th century ? (London, BM)

Hodometer, Attributed to Thomas Rückert, Augsburg, circa 1580 (London, BM)

Horizontal Dial, Attributed to Christoph Schissler, Augsburg, circa 1560 (London, BM)

Quadrant, Signed by Christoph Schissler, Augsburg, Dated 1599 (Firenze, IMSS)

Sundial And Dividers, Signed by Christoph Schissler, Augsburg, Dated 1558 (London, BM)

Surveying Quadrant, Signed by Christoph Schissler, Augsburg, Dated 1579 (Oxford, MHS)