Author
Isfahan
Publication Date
1708-1709 (1120H)
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
197 mm x 229 mm (height x width)
Library
Chester Beatty
Record ID
Is Sc6
Library Location
Islamic Collection
Date
1708-1709 (1120H)
Notes
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
