Inside Out Library · Explore

Horologium Achaz, Christophorus Schissler, artifex (1895)

Sachse, Julius Friedrich, 1842-1919 · Philadelphia : MacCalla & Co. · leaf 12

An illustration from Horologium Achaz, Christophorus Schissler, artifex, 1895, leaf 12
hatever, together with that of the planetswhich they call hours.) The larger piece is a basin-shaped plate, made of common brassor gun metal, with a flat, moveable rim one inch wide. Upon thisare engraved the signs of the zodiac. On the reverse of this rim,which surrounds the large basin, is… … Horologiitin Achaz {Christophoms Schissler, Artifex). 5 and is geometrically divided into the different planetary houses.The depth of the basin is one and three-quarter inches, and thewhole once formed the dial of the instrument. The rim is surmounted by a brass figure, three and…

Sundials · Astrological geomancy

Internet Archive · University of Pittsburgh Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from Horologium Achaz, Christophorus Schissler, artifex

More like this