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PAUL REINMAN, 1604
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AN IVORY DIPTYCH DIAL
PAUL REINMAN, 1604
Signed on leaf 1B 'PAVLVS REINMAN NORIMBERGAE FACIE BAT', and with maker's mark of a crown (Gouk 9) to compass bowl on leaf 2a and dated '1604' by dial for Italian and Babylonian hours; leaf 2b with table of latitudes for 40 European towns
4½ in. (10.5 cm.) high; 2¾ in. (7.3 cm.) wide; in. (2 cm.) high
PAUL REINMAN, 1604
Signed on leaf 1B 'PAVLVS REINMAN NORIMBERGAE FACIE BAT', and with maker's mark of a crown (Gouk 9) to compass bowl on leaf 2a and dated '1604' by dial for Italian and Babylonian hours; leaf 2b with table of latitudes for 40 European towns
4½ in. (10.5 cm.) high; 2¾ in. (7.3 cm.) wide; in. (2 cm.) high
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
P. Gouk, The Ivory Sundials of Nuremberg, 1500-1700 ,Cambridge, 1988, p 117
P. Gouk, The Ivory Sundials of Nuremberg, 1500-1700 ,Cambridge, 1988, p 117
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