Celestial instruments Surviving artifact

Santucci’s Armillary Sphere

1588–1593

Speculative use · Tartarian imagining

Imagine a Tartarian observatory aligning its rituals through a gilded model of the heavens.

An imagined use within Tartarian lore; its historic use is not established by this interpretation.

Where it survives

Museo Galileo

Florence, Italy

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Collection reference: 714

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