Replica of Islamic astrolabe, 1085

Electrotype copy of a planispheric astrolabe with 9 plates by Ibrahim ibn Said of Valencia, dated 1085 AD and from the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Kassel [see IC 121]. Made by Elkington and Company after the original was displayed at the Special Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus in the South Kensington Museum in 1876.

Details

Category:
Astronomy
Object Number:
1877-8
Materials:
brass
type:
astrolabe, replica and electrotype
credit:
Purchased, Elkington and Company

Parts

Electrotype copy of a planispheric astrolabe with 9 plates by Ibrahim ibn Said of Valencia

Electrotype copy of a planispheric astrolabe with 9 plates by Ibrahim ibn Said of Valencia

Electrotype copy of a planispheric astrolabe with 9 plates by Ibrahim ibn Said of Valencia, dated 1085 AD and from the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Kassel [see IC 121]. Made by Elkington and Company after the original was displayed at the Special Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus in the South Kensington Museum in 1876.

Object Number:
1877-8/1
type:
replica
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Rete, with star pointers and ecliptic ring

Rete, with star pointers and ecliptic ring

Rete, with star pointers and ecliptic ring, from the electrotype copy of a planispheric astrolabe with 9 plates by Ibrahim ibn Said of Valencia, dated 1085 AD and from the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Kassel [see IC 121].

Object Number:
1877-8/2
type:
component
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Components of the electrotype copy of a planispheric astrolabe

Components of the electrotype copy of a planispheric astrolabe

Components of the electrotype copy of a planispheric astrolabe, including alidade and pin, with brown envelope that reads, "Detritus of solder and corroded material from the Astrolabe (1877-8) upon dismantling. 17.12.87".

Object Number:
1877-8/3
type:
component
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum