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| MUSEUM Collection | |
| Online access: | https://catalogue.museogalileo.it/object/PolyhedralDial_n02.html |
| Maker: | Della Volpaia, Girolamo, ca. 1530-1614,
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| Object: | Polyhedral dial |
| Made: | Florence, 1590 |
| Physical description: | 1 dial : boxwood ; height 109 mm |
| Description: | Instrument in the shape of a pentagonal prism on which are marked a horizontal dial and four vertical dials, with gnomons. The base also holds a magnetic compass for orientation. All the sundials are set for latitude 43°30' (Florence). Resembles item inv. 3193. Signed by Girolamo della Volpaia. Provenance: Medici collections |
| National catalogue n.: | 09-00496754 |
| Current inventory: | IMSS, n. 2460 |
| Other inventories: | 1776-1779 Reale gabinetto, n. 0808 |
| Collection: | Medici collections
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| Subjects: | *Orologio solare orizzontale. *Orologio solare verticale. |
| Described/mentioned in: |  Istituto e Museo di storia della scienza (Firenze) Catalogue of sun-dials, nocturnals and related instruments. Firenze : Giunti, 2007. p. 118, n. 087 |
| Related iconography: | Orologio solare poliedrico, inv. 2460 [corredo grafico]
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| Shelfmark: | Sala 02 |
| Copy note: | Show copy note |
| 000000016265 |
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