Astrolabe

Name: Astrolabe
Author: Isfahan

İsim	Astrolabe
Yazar	Isfahan
Basım Tarihi:	1708-1709 (1120H)
Tür	Belge
Dil	Arapça
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar	197 mm x 229 mm (height x width)
Kütüphane:	Chester Beatty
Kayıt Numarası	Is Sc6
Lokasyon	Islamic Collection
Tarih	1708-1709 (1120H)
Notlar	The astrolabe is an adjustable instrument that maps the stars, and has many other functions. The device can be set to the user’s location on earth, and to the correct time. On the front, the curling pointers on the openwork plate (al-`ankabut in Arabic, or spider) are each labelled with a star’s name. Invented in late classical times, the astrolabe was perfected in the early Islamic period. Astrolabe, brass, with incised text, mapping lines and decoration, instrument with six latitude plates, openwork rete (`ankabut), sight-rule (alidade), wedge (faras) and pin, dedicated to Safavid shah Sulṭān Ḥusayn, produced and decorated by `Abd al-Husayn ibn `Abd al-A'imma', Isfahan, Iran, dated 1120H, 1708-1709.
Materyal	Brass
Nesne Adı	Astrolabe

Kaynağa git Chester Beatty

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Chester Beatty

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Astrolabe

Yazar Isfahan

Basım Tarihi 1708-1709 (1120H)

Tür Belge

Dil Arapça

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Fiziksel Boyutlar 197 mm x 229 mm (height x width)

Kütüphane Chester Beatty

Kayıt Numarası Is Sc6

Lokasyon Islamic Collection

Tarih 1708-1709 (1120H)

Notlar The astrolabe is an adjustable instrument that maps the stars, and has many other functions. The device can be set to the user’s location on earth, and to the correct time. On the front, the curling pointers on the openwork plate (al-`ankabut in Arabic, or spider) are each labelled with a star’s name. Invented in late classical times, the astrolabe was perfected in the early Islamic period. Astrolabe, brass, with incised text, mapping lines and decoration, instrument with six latitude plates, openwork rete (`ankabut), sight-rule (alidade), wedge (faras) and pin, dedicated to Safavid shah Sulṭān Ḥusayn, produced and decorated by `Abd al-Husayn ibn `Abd al-A'imma', Isfahan, Iran, dated 1120H, 1708-1709.

Materyal Brass

Nesne Adı Astrolabe