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Detail #12

A view of the support for Danti's quadrant. Both sides of the stone slab were engraved. The quadrant is an astronomical instrument related to the astrolabe and the sextant. Danti originally intended the quadrant for his astronomical research. With its sundials, it also served as a public clock.