armilla

By the Romans it was called armilla, brachiale, occabus; and in the middle ages bauga, armispatha.

The first was an equinoctial, the second a solstitial armilla.

Unfortunately no account could be obtained of the circumstances under which the Slateford Armilla was discovered.

A brass armilla tolomæi was one of the instruments supplied to Martin Frobisher in 1576, price £4, 6s.

The procession moved slowly forward, and paused at the village of Armilla, at the distance of half a league from the city.