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Art Skip to main content You are here Home Art Joconde, portail des collections des musées de France BOUDIN Eugène, Venise, La douane et Notre-Dame-de-la-Salute, huile sur bois, 1895, Reims, musée des beaux-arts © Christian Devleeschauwer1/28 Costume de China Poblana, Mexique, coton, laine, sequin, perle de verre, 4e quart 19e siècle, 1er quart 20e siècle, Barcelonnette, musée de la Vallée, © BERNARD Jean2/28 MAISON J ROTHSCHILD & Fils et RHEIMS & AUSCHER, Modèle de landau à huit ressorts, crayon graphite sur papier bristol, 4e quart 19e siècle - 20e siècle, Compiègne, musée national de la voiture et du tourisme © Arkhênum ; Compiègne, musée national de la voiture et du tourisme - utilisation soumise à autorisation3/28 Portrait de Tiberius Gemellus ? DE DIETRICH, Saint Georges terrassant le dragon, bas-relief, fonte moulée, entre 1950 et 1960, Reichshoffen, musée historique et industriel, musée du fer © Pommois Etienne28/28

British Museum - astrolabe This brass instrument is the earliest dated European astrolabe. The MATER which is cut from a solid block is graduated clockwise 0° to 360°. The inside is empty. The THRONE is crescent shaped and the shackle saddle shaped. On the RETE, with a distinctive Y inside the ecliptic, 33 stars are indicated as follows: 'Mirac', 'batnachaythos', 'Menkar', 'Augetenar', 'Aldeboran', 'alhayok', 'Rigil', 'elgeuze', 'alhabor', 'algomeyza', 'Markeb', 'alfard', 'Cor leon', 'edub', 'algorab', 'alchimek', 'benetnac', 'alramek', 'elfeca', 'Yed', 'alacrab', 'alhae', 'Taben', 'Wega', 'altair', 'delfin', 'aldigege', 'Cor corvi', 'aldera', 'Musida equi', 'Cenok', 'Hum{erus} equi', 'Skeder'. All five PLATES bear markings for the circles of the tropics and the equator. The BACK bears four altitude scales starting at the top and running clockwise 90° to 0°, 0° to 90° twice, divided to single degrees.

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