Replica of Islamic astrolabe, 1085
- maker:
- Ibrahim ibn Said Al-Wazzan and
- Elkington and Company
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
