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Top : Theme : Science : Epact : Scientific Instruments of Medieval and Renaissance Europe Name of Collection: Epact : Scientific Instruments of Medieval and Renaissance Europe URL of Collection: http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/epact/index.htm Name of Institution: Museum of the History of Science, Oxford / Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence / British Museum, London / Museum Boerhaave, Leiden. Institution URL: http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/epact/index.htm Description: Epact is an electronic catalogue of medieval and renaissance scientific instruments from four European museums: the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, the Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence , the British Museum, London, and the Museum Boerhaave, Leiden. Together, these museums house the finest collections of early scientific instruments in the world. Epact consists of 520 catalogue entries and a variety of supporting material. All European instruments from the four museums by makers who were active before 1600 have been entered in the catalogue. They include astrolabes, armillary spheres, sundials, quadrants, nocturnals, compendia, surveying instruments, and so on. Examples range from ordinary instruments for everyday use to more extravagant and often lavish pieces destined for the cabinets of princes. Main language of the collection: English Type of Material: Pictures

Contact editor: Aziz Abid, UNESCO Memory of the World

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