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Planispheric astrolabe with a shadow dial and unequal hours scale on the reverse and one silvered brass plate for latitudes for 49 and 52, c. 1325, IC 293 [international checklist]. Kursi carries Hebrew inscription on both sides giving the name of its former original owner.
