AmazingMeagen · @AmazingMeagen
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Spent a wonderful few minutes this morning in the Lambeth Palace Library Collection Care studio assembling the #PopUp #NewberryLibrary
#Volvelle
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#popup #newberrylibrary #volvelle
Suzanne Karr Schmidt · @DrKarrSchmidt
518 followers · 245 posts · Server mindly.socialHere's a VERY Rare Book!
Dare I say.... a UNICORN?
#volvelle #interactive #popup #NewberryLibrary #newacq
benjamin shaykin · @bshaykin
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Reinder Storm · @Reinder
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@overholt … ah great - many thanks; anything with a #volvelle is quite irresistible!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvelle
Dr. Kirsten D. Dzwiza · @antikemagie
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Watch how this amazing #knife unfolds to an #astronomical compendium.
4 plates are engraved with deities and have #calendars on the inside.
Plate 3 outer end: Hinged #silver box with #volvelle inside.
The ivory handle has shallow #carvings including #Adam and #Eve and the Crucifixion.
The box #engraved with the date and various scenes.
Inside: A #miniature #equinoctial dial.
Inside: #miniature equinoctial dial & carvings of Adam and Eve.
Made 1606
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1855-1201-222
#knife #astronomical #calendars #silver #volvelle #carvings #adam #eve #engraved #miniature #equinoctial
Dr. Kirsten D. Dzwiza · @antikemagie
652 followers · 171 posts · Server archaeo.social
Watch how this amazing #knife unfolds to an #astronomical compendium.
4 plates are engraved with deities and have #calendars on the inside.
Plate 3 outer end: Hinged #silver box with #volvelle inside.
The signature is engraved on a rotating disc.
The ivory handle has shallow #carvings including #Adam and #Eve and the Crucifixion.
The box #engraved with the date and various scenes.
Inside: A #miniature #equinoctial dial.
Inside: #miniature equinoctial dial & carvings of Adam and Eve.
1606
#knife #astronomical #calendars #silver #volvelle #carvings #adam #eve #engraved #miniature #equinoctial