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Description: | Qibla indicator, comprising a round brass box with a hinged lid and an inset magnetic compass. It is of a standard form for a Qibla indicator. The inscriptions are mostly gazzeteers of key locations with their co-ordinates. The inscriptions around the compass seem to indicate the directions towards Mecca. It may once have had a pierced circle with a degree circle, gnomon and indicator, but this is now missing. The glass may also be a later replacement.
Small brass pocket compass heavily chased. Bare needle type, graduated to 32 points. Heavily inscribed both inside and out. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | asiatic compasses | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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