Portable horizontal nocturnal sundial and altitude sundial
Unknown
ca. 1550–82 · Brass, water-gilt · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
The disk, which includes both the calendar and the dates of the entrance of the sun into each sign of the zodiac, is calibrated in accordance with the Julian calendar. In France, the Gregorian calendar supplanted the Julian in 1582.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1550–82
- Medium
- Brass, water-gilt
- Culture
- French
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Stephen D. Tucker, 1903
