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Volvelles

Scope note

Use for any of various reckoning devices consisting of movable discs surmounted by or carrying other graduated or figured circles for calculating, for example, phases of the moon, the time of the rising or setting sun, or the times of the tides; usually made of paper, cardboard, or vellum and often found preprinted in or attached to manuscripts or books of the 13th to the 16th century.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000247651

Broader Terms used

calculators

Term used for

volvellae
volvells

Equivalent Terms used

volvelle

Created

13yrs ago

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