Astrolabe: Eastern

Adler Planetarium
Chicago, United States

Body, rete, uninscribed diopter with sights, pin, washer, horse, handle, ring and 4 original tympans. Fifth tympan from another instrument. Roman months. 26 star markers. Labeled in Arabic. "sana`a hadha al-asturlab muhammad ibn yusuf ibn hatim `afa allah tammahu sanah kh.l." [Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Hatim--may God forgive him--made this astrolabe]

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Title: Astrolabe: Eastern
Type: object

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