Astrolabe (perhaps) by Gualterus Arsenius This is one of the two astrolabes given to Pope Leo XIII by Father Vincenzo Gisoldi in 1889. This is the larger astrolabe (with a diameter of 345 mm and a thickness of 8 mm) is of the Flemish school, made perhaps by Gualterus...
Astrolabe by Cornelio Vincx This is the second astrolabe donated to Pope Leo XIII by Father Vincenzo Gisoldi in 1889. This is the smallest (with a diameter of 240 mm and a thickness of 11 mm) and has three layers. It was made by Cornelio Vincx, of Naples, in 1616....
Corinthian capital of column Corinthian capital of column, fragment. Material: white marble – Dimensions: height 44 cm, circumference 53 cm. Area 2 Group 1 • Group 2 • Group 3 • Group 4 • Group 5 • Group...
Corinthian capital of pilaster Corinthian capital of pilaster, fragment. Material: white marble – Dimensions: cm. 19 x 33 Area 2 Group 1 • Group 2 • Group 3 • Group 4 • Group 5 • Group...
Fr. Alois Gatterer, S.J. Fr. Alois Gatterer S.J. (1886-1953) served at the Vatican Observatory from 1933 until his death in 1953. He set up and organized the astrophysical laboratory at Castel Gandolfo, and undertook the production of the spectral atlases for which...
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