| Two Roman-foot measure in brass |
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| Dating | Before 1818 (XVII cent.) |  |
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| This ancient tool can be seen as the equivalent of our modern well-known double decimeter. It was used to measure linees in the maps. The measure units are the Roman Palm and the Roman Foot: infact on the instrument is written on one side "Tre palmi romani" [Three Roman palms] and on the other side "Due piedi romani" [Two Roman feet]. |
| Web page | Two Roman-foot measure in brass |
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| Cataloghi | Nº | Voce |
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| Inv. 2016 | 014 | Two Roman-foot measure in brass Provisional numbering! |
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| Inv. 1925a | 13 | Lunghezza di due piedi romani in ottone |
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| Inv. 1870 | 14 | Lunghezza di due piedi romani in ottone |
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| Inv. 1838 | 28 | Passetto di ottone romano ad uso di Agrimensura |
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| Inv. 1818 | 33 | Passetto di ottone romano ad uso di Agrimensura |
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| Section | Particular |
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| Window | A |
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| Conditions | | | Large | 23.0 cm (9.1 in) |
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| Width | 1.0 cm (0.4 in) |
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| Height | 2.0 cm (0.8 in) |
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| Materials | brass, lacquer |
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| Loans |
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1) Genius I. The mission: discover - research - invent. World Cultural Heritage - Völklingen Hütte, dal 13/05/2007 al 30/03/2008, Völklingen/Saarbrüken (D);
2) Strumenti del sapere - Il patrimonio del Foscarini tra Arte, Lettere e Scienze. Future Centre Telecom Italia - S. Marco 4826 - Campo S. Salvador , dal 19/03/2011 al 26/03/2011, Venezia;
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| Restorations |
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1) Restauro presso il Laboratorio del restauro dello strumento di interesse storico - Lotto I. Università degli Studi di Urbino, dal 21/09/2009 al 30/09/2010, Urbino;
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| The additional indications which integrate the items of the conservation's state have the following meaning:
(?) = maybe complete; M = maintenance; P = partial; R = restored; D = used for teaching; NC = not checked; X = impossible to verify. |