Armillary sphere

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Tradition has it that this armillary sphere, which is mounted on an elegantly engraved lobated support, originally belonged to Saint Charles Borromeo. It can be used to study the movement of the moon according not to the ancient Ptolemaic view but to the new Copernican system.

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• TITLE

  Armillary sphere

• AUTHOR

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• INVENTARIO

  306

• DATE

  c. 1600 - 1650

• TYPE

  Scientific instrument

• TECNIQUE

  Silvered brass

• DIMENSIONS

  39 × 22.1 cm

• SUBJECT

• SCUOLA PITTORICA

• ROOM

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