Multiple Polygonal Sundial (Polyhedral Dial)
date: label: date made
content: 1500-1600
notes: label: Description
content: This instrument has a round wooden base with three feet. The base contains a 16-pointed compass rose, pin, compass needle and a cap for the needle, under a glass cover. It serves as a pedestal for a 26-faced polyhedron which is made of wood covered with paper. Sundial scales are indicated on all but the bottom face and one face adjacent to the bottom. In addition to the scales, the sundial faces are decorated with signs of the zodiac and other motifs.
label: Description
content: The face adjacent to the bottom without a scale is marked: Eleuatio (/) poli Arctici (/) Graau (/) xxxxIIII.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Timekeeping
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ed Nagel
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.330782
label: catalog number
content: 330872
label: accession number
content: 323621
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sundial
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 41 cm x 18 cm x 18 cm; 16 5/32 in x 7 3/32 in x 7 3/32 in