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stamped on the hinge 'LUDOVICUS COLLADO HISPANUS INV'
Details
A PAIR OF 16TH-CENTURY GILT BRASS ARTICULATED DIVIDERS WITH IRON TIPS
stamped on the hinge 'LUDOVICUS COLLADO HISPANUS INV'
Moulded in relief with masks and scrolls, the shorter arm stamped on the inner edge 'NOTA QVOD PODUS LIBRA RUM EST VNCIARVM IZ, the upper edge 'CALAMITA LUDIT TORMEN TIS NOCTV ANNO 1584, the sides 'PONDUS SPHERARV FERRI, PLVMBI, ET, SAKI, INVENTES, and SI OROLOGIVM QVERISADEST SI CIRCINUM, HIC HABES, the quadrant with scales for 'ELEVATIO ES TORMENTI, SPHERARU FERRI' and 'HIC DEORSU IACIT' (the D double struck); the folding longer arm stamped on the inner edge 'LONGITUDIVES ET LATITU QUADRANTE METIOR' and 'SI PARVO FORAMINE PECTORIS A NIMALIS DILIGETER INSDI', the inner ege 'CANPOS LIBELLAT TORMETA SQVADRAT/CULUS NOT AVERIS, QV ALEMCVMOVEM ALTITUDINEM', the sides 'XERIS ET NVMERV VBI CADIT PER PEDI - SI ORA TORMETORUM MV-CRONI BVS CIRCINI METIERIS' and 'SI SVBTERRA ANEA LOCA QVRIS PENETRARE, CALAMITA/RECTE NUMERANDO INVENIES', the hinged arm with sliding lock terminating in a Sphinx, the secondary hinge with rosette decoration, the quadrant with adjustment screws and moulded decoration of a standing musician
15 in. (38.7 cm.) radius
stamped on the hinge 'LUDOVICUS COLLADO HISPANUS INV'
Moulded in relief with masks and scrolls, the shorter arm stamped on the inner edge 'NOTA QVOD PODUS LIBRA RUM EST VNCIARVM IZ, the upper edge 'CALAMITA LUDIT TORMEN TIS NOCTV ANNO 1584, the sides 'PONDUS SPHERARV FERRI, PLVMBI, ET, SAKI, INVENTES, and SI OROLOGIVM QVERISADEST SI CIRCINUM, HIC HABES, the quadrant with scales for 'ELEVATIO ES TORMENTI, SPHERARU FERRI' and 'HIC DEORSU IACIT' (the D double struck); the folding longer arm stamped on the inner edge 'LONGITUDIVES ET LATITU QUADRANTE METIOR' and 'SI PARVO FORAMINE PECTORIS A NIMALIS DILIGETER INSDI', the inner ege 'CANPOS LIBELLAT TORMETA SQVADRAT/CULUS NOT AVERIS, QV ALEMCVMOVEM ALTITUDINEM', the sides 'XERIS ET NVMERV VBI CADIT PER PEDI - SI ORA TORMETORUM MV-CRONI BVS CIRCINI METIERIS' and 'SI SVBTERRA ANEA LOCA QVRIS PENETRARE, CALAMITA/RECTE NUMERANDO INVENIES', the hinged arm with sliding lock terminating in a Sphinx, the secondary hinge with rosette decoration, the quadrant with adjustment screws and moulded decoration of a standing musician
15 in. (38.7 cm.) radius
Provenance
Rothschild inv. no. AR3102.
Literature
1903 Theresianumgasse Inventory, p. 89, no. 208.
1905 Theresianumgasse Inventory, p. 39, no. 162.
1905 Theresianumgasse Inventory, p. 39, no. 162.