Tienda Palacio de Liria

Author: VVAA Editorial: P&M ISBN: 978-84-8003-575-0 Year: 2024 Binding: hardback Pages: 272 Dimensions: 24 x 21 cm Language: spanish La exposición explora la relación de la Casa de Alba con América a través de su patrimonio histórico-artístico. Por primera vez, se podrán admirar las 24 cartas autógrafas de Cristóbal Colón y otros documentos colombinos junto a una selección de importantes papeles americanos del archivo del palacio de Liria, además de ejemplares únicos de pintura, escultura, artes decorativas y arte virreinal del patrimonio americano de la Casa de Alba, a la que se suman obras de arte de más de 15 prestigiosos museos e instituciones.

Reproduction of a 17th-century octant. Made of wood and brass. 32 x 27.5 x 6.5 cm.

The Pizarro Sundial is a scientific instrument that is both ornamental and functional, as it allows us to tell solar time. Made of wood and brass. 2 x 5 x 7 cm.

Compass with a snap-on cover” depicts a compass rose whose 32 divisions correspond to each of the cardinal points (each equivalent to 11.25°) and equipped with an outer ring divided into 360°. Made from cast metals, steel molds, plastics, paper, wood… 2.8 x 3.6 cm.

Nautical instrument used in the 16th century. Its use during the Age of Discovery was essential for navigation and the development of cartography. Made of brass. 4.5 x 8.5 cm.

This Urania Propitia has been made in the style of astronomical compendiums, so popular in the 16th century. Inside the Renaissance-style case, we find a sundial with a folding gnomon, mounted on a compass with a scale graduated from 10 to 30º for correcting for magnetic declination. 2.8 x 8.4 cm.

Compass made from cast metals, steel molds, plastics, paper, wood… A nautical instrument whose use was fundamental to the development of navigation and cartography. 5.8 x 10 cm.

Scientific instrument called the Astronomical Ring. It consists of an adjustable ring for various latitudes, a meridian ring with a latitude scale, a fold-down hour ring, and a central grooved ruler with graduations for the months, over which a small perforated cylinder moves. The time obtained is the local solar time. 12 x 10 cm.

Reproduction of a classical astrolabe. Made of wood and brass. 13 x 10 x 7 cm.

This piece is a reproduction of an instrument dated 1570, signed by Humphrey Cole, and housed in the British Museum, London. The original has two sides, one of which is this Nocturlabe. Made of brass. 5 x 0.6 cm.

Keyring made of cast metal using steel molds. A replica of the “Nocturlabium” and the “Tide Abacus of 1570,” on display at the British Museum in London. It is used to calculate tide times. 50 x 6 mm.

Oriental astrolabe keychain. Made of brass. 12.5 x 4.5 x 0.5 cm.