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LicenseAstrolabe made by Ferdinand Arsenius, Antwerp, Flanders
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Astrolabe made by Ferdinand Arsenius, Antwerp, Flanders
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Astrolabe made by Ferdinand Arsenius, Antwerp, Flanders
Science Museum Group Collections
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Astrolabe made by Ferdinand Arsenius, Antwerp, Flanders
Science Museum Group Collections
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Astrolabe made by Ferdinand Arsenius, Antwerp, Flanders
Science Museum Group Collections
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
European Astrolabe
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Planispheric astrolabe with 3 plates for the latitudes of 39
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Planispheric astrolabe with 3 plates for the latitudes of 39
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Planispheric astrolabe with 3 plates for the latitudes of 39
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Planispheric astrolabe with 3 plates for the latitudes of 39
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
European Astrolabe
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
European Astrolabe
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Planispheric astrolabe with 3 plates for the latitudes of 39
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Planispheric astrolabe with 3 plates for the latitudes of 39
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Astrolabe made by Ferdinand Arsenius, Antwerp, Flanders, 1607-1618.
Astrolabes were used for astronomy and time-telling. This is a planispheric astrolabe with three latitude plates (39°/ 42°, 48°/51° & 45°). It has a shadow dial scale on the reverse and a magnetic compass adjacent to the suspension ring. The reverse side is engraved with a Gemma Frisius universal projection with rule and pointer, with the alidade fitted to the front. The recess beneath the plates (known as the womb of the mater) is engraved with a ‘Quadratum Nauticum’ (navigational quadrant) scale.
International Checklist reference number IC233.
