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Zakzonnewijzer Collection

Zakzonnewijzer

wind rose of 32 numbered directions; rotating alidade; hole for viewing compass A pin gnomon dial: day lines for the days with integer length of the day and the declination of the sun with the symbols of the zodiacal signs [8- 16] (the pin gnomon is missing); German clock with full, half and quarter hours [7 - XII - 5] Signature: pavlvs reinman faciebat German hours, scale for [4 - 12 - 8]; compass; symbolic faces for sun and moon; pin gnomon dials (the pin is missing) for Italian hours [9 - 22] (from sunset) and Babylonian hours [2 - 15] (from sunrise), year of production 1599 lunar volvelle which converts lunar to solar time, but the movable brass disk is missing (see the picture of the attached example); surrounded by Julian and Gregorian epacts; maker's mark: crown; place of production mark: n (Nuremberg) een gelijkaardig exemplaar bevindt zich in het Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, inv. nr. 1913.135
Objectnaam
zonnewijzer
Vervaardiger
Paulus Reinman
Datering
16de eeuw
Objectnummer
03076

Objectgegevens

Materiaal
ivoor,messing,metaal
Afmetingen
(geheel) hoogte 1.9 cm,(geheel) breedte 5.6 cm,(geheel) diepte 7.9 cm
Plaats
Nürnberg

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Ghent City Museum

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