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Astronomical compendia, also known as Astronomical compendiums, are highly complex and intricate instruments historically used for astronomy, navigation, and timekeeping. Popular in Western Europe during the 16th century, they often combined multiple tools into a single, portable unit. Typically, they included sundials for telling the time at day, nocturnals for telling the time at night, calendars, latitude tables for calculating the time depending on your latitude, tables of ports with their tide timings for safe entry, lunar volvelles for calculating moon phases, and astrolabes.
The practicality of astronomical compendia is subject to devate, their compact nature inhibiting precise or accurate measurements. Several examples are highly decorated and often include fanciful locations like Babylon, Cuba, and Quinsey,[1] suggesting a more symbolic purpose that highlights the international ambitions of their usually wealthy owners.
References
[edit]- ^ Gerard L'Estrange Turner, "The Compendium" in Elizabethan Instrument Makers: the Origins of the London Trade in Precision Instrument Making, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000), 46-68.
- Ackermann, Silke. Humphrey Cole: Mint, Measurement, and Maps in Elizabethan England. London: British Museum Publications, 1998.
- Ackermann, Silke and Louise Devoy. "Humphrey Cole Revisited: Newly Found and Rediscovered Instruments made by England's First Native Scientific Instrument Maker." Nuncius 36, no. 1 (April 2021).
- Johnston, Stephan. "Astronomical Compendium." Epact: Scientific Instruments of Medieval and Renaissance Europe. February, 2006. https://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/epact/article.php?ArticleID=3
- Turner, Gerard L'Estrange. Elizabethan Instrument Makers: the Origins of the London Trade in Precision Instrument Making. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Ward, F. A. B. Catalogue of European scientific instruments in the Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities of the British Museum. London: British Museum Publications, 1981.