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	Italian

Italian when used to refer to the medieval and renaissance period means the collection of separate states and city states that made up the country we only now refer to as Italy. The most prominent centres of instrument making were to be found in Florence and Rome.

For Italian instruments, see:

Armillary Sphere, Signed by Girolamo della Volpaia, Italian, Dated 1557 (Firenze, IMSS)

Armillary Sphere, Signed by Girolamo della Volpaia, Italian, Dated 1564 (Firenze, IMSS)

Armillary Sphere, Unsigned, Italian, circa 1500 (Oxford, MHS)

Armillary Sphere, Unsigned, Italian, circa 1580 (Oxford, MHS)

Astrolabe, Signed 'Io. Dom. Feciolus', Italian, Dated 1558 (Oxford, MHS)

Astrolabe, Signed by Falcono, Italian, Dated 1507 (London, BM)

Astrolabe, Unsigned, Italian, circa 1500 (Oxford, MHS)

Astrolabe, Unsigned, Italian, Later 15th century ? (Oxford, MHS)

Astrolabe, Unsigned, Italian, circa 1500 ? (Oxford, MHS)

Astrolabe, Signed by Cornelius Vinch, Italian, Dated 1600 (London, BM)

Astrolabe, Unsigned, Italian, Dated 1568 (Firenze, IMSS)

Astrolabe, Unsigned, Italian, Late 15th century ? (London, BM)

Astronomical Compendium, Unsigned, Italian, circa 1600 (Oxford, MHS)

Astronomical Compendium, Unsigned, Italian, circa 1600 (London, BM)

Compass, Unsigned, Italian, Dated 1562 (Oxford, MHS)

Compasses, Unsigned, Italian, 16th century (Firenze, IMSS)

Diptych Dial, Unsigned, Italian, circa 1600 (Oxford, MHS)

Diptych Dial, Unsigned, Italian, Dated 1589 (Oxford, MHS)

Diptych Dial, Unsigned, Italian, Dated 1596 (Oxford, MHS)

Diptych Dial, Unsigned, Italian, circa 1600 (Oxford, MHS)

Diptych Dial, Unsigned, Italian, circa 1600 (Oxford, MHS)

Folding Rule, Signed by Antonio Bianchini, Italian, Dated 1564 (Firenze, IMSS)

Folding Rule, Signed by Antonio Bianchini, Italian, 16th century (Firenze, IMSS)

Geometrical Square, Unsigned, Italian, 16th century (Firenze, IMSS)

Gunner's Gauge Scales, Unsigned, Italian, 16th century (Firenze, IMSS)

Gunnery Instrument, Signed by Baldassarre Lanci, Italian, Dated 1557 (Firenze, IMSS)

Horizontal Dial, Attributed to Carlo Plato, Italian, Dated 1588 (Oxford, MHS)

Horizontal Dial, Unsigned, Italian, Later 16th century (Oxford, MHS)

Level, Unsigned, Italian, 16th century (Firenze, IMSS)

Nocturnal, Unsigned, Italian, circa 1560 (Oxford, MHS)

Polyhedral Dial, Unsigned, Italian, circa 1600 (Oxford, MHS)

Protractor, Unsigned, Italian, 16th century (Firenze, IMSS)

Quadrant, Signed by Giovanni Antonio Magini, Italian, Late 16th century (Oxford, MHS)

Quadrant, Unsigned, Italian, circa 1600 ? (London, BM)

Quadrant, Attributed to Giovanni Battista Giusti, Italian, Dated 1556 (Firenze, IMSS)

Quadrant, Unsigned, Italian, 15th century ? (London, BM)

Quadrant, Signed by Joseph Pinam, Italian, 16th century (Firenze, IMSS)

Radio Latino, Unsigned, Italian, Later 16th century (Firenze, IMSS)

Radio Latino, Signed by Giovanni Maria Mancini, Italian, circa 1600 (Oxford, MHS)

Reduction Compass, Unsigned, Italian, circa 1600 (Oxford, MHS)

Scaphe Dial, Signed by Alexander Ravillius, Italian, Dated 1537 (Oxford, MHS)

Scaphe Dial, Unsigned, Italian, 16th century (Firenze, IMSS)

Scaphe Dial, Signed by Amelli, Italian, Late 16th century (Oxford, MHS)

Surveying Instrument, Signed by Hieronimo de Antonio Buzzofo, Italian, Dated 1562 (London, BM)

Surveying Instrument, Signed by Baldassarre Lanci, Italian, Dated 1557 (Firenze, IMSS)

Surveying Instrument, Unsigned, Italian, 16th century (Firenze, IMSS)

Surveyor's Cross, Signed 'ALESdro POLco VAZla', Italian, circa 1600 (Oxford, MHS)

Theodolite, Unsigned, Italian, 16th century (Firenze, IMSS)

Theodolite, Unsigned, Italian, Late 16th century (London, BM)