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Description: | This is a folding horary quandrant made from northern Italian boxwood. It has scales for degrees, hours and signs of the zodiac. The folding format is very unusual. A plain box opens to reveal a square horary quadrant. This example shows Italian hours as well as common hours. A recess is provided for the storage of the plumb bob and enables the box to close.
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caption: Obverse of Horary quadrant
caption: Reverse of Horary quadrant | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | folding horary quadrants | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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