Portable horizontal nocturnal sundial and altitude sundial

French

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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.

Portable horizontal nocturnal sundial and altitude sundial, Brass, water-gilt, French

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Portable horizontal nocturnal sundial and altitude sundial, Brass, water-gilt, French
Portable horizontal nocturnal sundial and altitude sundial, Brass, water-gilt, French
Portable horizontal nocturnal sundial and altitude sundial, Brass, water-gilt, French
Portable horizontal nocturnal sundial and altitude sundial, Brass, water-gilt, French
Portable horizontal nocturnal sundial and altitude sundial, Brass, water-gilt, French

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