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Islamic Astrolabe

Islamic Astrolabe

1666-1667
Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius

Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius

1607-1618
Islamic astrolabe, 1601-1699

Islamic astrolabe, 1601-1699

1600-1699
Hindu astrolabe, silver, 1800-1899

Hindu astrolabe, silver, 1800-1899

1800-1899
Planispheric astrolabe, 1572

Planispheric astrolabe, 1572

1572
Astrolabe, c.1650

Astrolabe, c.1650

1645-1655
European astrolabe, 1320-1330

European astrolabe, 1320-1330

1320-1330
European astrolabe, 1295-1305

European astrolabe, 1295-1305

1295-1305
Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876
Islamic astrolabe, 1605-1606

Islamic astrolabe, 1605-1606

1605-1606
Islamic astrolabe, 1645-1655

Islamic astrolabe, 1645-1655

1645-1655
"Oxford" astrolabe

"Oxford" astrolabe

1925-1930
Hindu astrolabe

Hindu astrolabe

1870
European astrolabe, 1495-1505

European astrolabe, 1495-1505

1495-1505
European astrolabe, 1631

European astrolabe, 1631

1631
Fake Islamic astrolabe, 1890-1930

Fake Islamic astrolabe, 1890-1930

1890-1930
Fake Islamic astrolabe, 1890-1930

Fake Islamic astrolabe, 1890-1930

1890-1930
Islamic astrolabe, 1145-1155

Islamic astrolabe, 1145-1155

1145-1155
Islamic astrolabe, 1849

Islamic astrolabe, 1849

1849
star and sundial, Dutch, 1681

star and sundial, Dutch, 1681

1681
European astrolabe, 1425-1435

European astrolabe, 1425-1435

1425-1435
European astrolabe, 1548

European astrolabe, 1548

1548
European astrolabe,1650

European astrolabe,1650

1650
The Use of the Astrolabe

The Use of the Astrolabe

1959
The Use of the Astrolabe

The Use of the Astrolabe

1959
Model of Yantra and astrolabe at Jaipur Observatory, 1884-1886

Model of Yantra and astrolabe at Jaipur Observatory, 1884-1886

1884-1886
astrolabe

astrolabe

Replica of Islamic astrolabe, 1221

Replica of Islamic astrolabe, 1221

1221
Islamic Astrolabe Plates

Islamic Astrolabe Plates

901-1100 CE
Islamic Astrolabe

Islamic Astrolabe

901-1100 CE
Islamic Astrolabe

Islamic Astrolabe

1666-1667
European astrolabe by Arsenius, 1566

European astrolabe by Arsenius, 1566

1566; 1876
Fake astrolabe

Fake astrolabe

1580-1600
Islamic astrolabe, 1701-1800

Islamic astrolabe, 1701-1800

1701-1800
European astrolabe, 1570

European astrolabe, 1570

1565-1575
St Jerome in his study

St Jerome in his study

1964
Fake Islamic astrolabe, 1890-1930

Fake Islamic astrolabe, 1890-1930

1890-1930
Five plates from Islamic planispheric astrolabe, made by Jamal al-Din ibn Muquin, at Lahore, Pakistan, in 1077 AH (= 1666-7 CE).

Islamic astrolabe

1666-1667
Astrolabe

Astrolabe

1688
Hindu planispheric astrolabe in copper [brass?], single plate, made for Raja Ramasimha by Sivalala in 1870. Engraved in Sanskrit with instrument laid out for the latitude of Bundi (25ยบ 28'), Rajasthan, India. Alidade at rear missing.

Hindu astrolabe

1870
National Maritime Museum Make-it-yourself Astrolabe [info booklet (8p.) & kit] / National Maritime Museum, 1979. [Includes plastic insert complementing the other constituent parts which can be cut out from the booklet to assemble]

Make-it-yourself Astrolabe, 1979

1979
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.

Replica of Islamic astrolabe, 1085

1085
Brass Islamic planispheric astrolabe of Syrian origin with cursive & Kufic Arabic script, with one latitude plates unsigned without date, 901-1100 CE.

Islamic Astrolabe

901-1100 CE
Planispheric astrolabe by Gualterus (Walter) Arsenius, Louvain, c. 1570 in brass gilt with four plates for the latitudes of 25 with 28, 31 with 34, 37 with 38, and 39 with 40 degrees, IC 228 [International Checklist]. The reverse side is supplied with a Gemma Frisius universal projection scale and a compass square in the base of the womb.

Planispheric astrolabe by Gualterus (Walter) Arsenius

1565-1575
Brass Hindu planispheric astrolabe with inlaid silver sanskrit script, commissioned by Manna Lala in Jaipur, 1836.

Hindu astrolabe commissioned at Jaipur

1836
Hindu astrolabe, silver, with linen pouch and hardwood case, unsigned, 19th century, Indian

Hindu astrolabe, 1800-1899

1800-1899
Indian planispheric astrolabe engraved in Nagari script, c. 1800.

Hindu astrolabe

1795-1805