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Astrolabe
(أسطرلاب)

Title	Astrolabe
Title Original	أسطرلاب
Publication Place	- Serta National Museum
Subject	Cut, engraved and re-perforated brass.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	القطر: 13،5 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	4Tth Ast 58
Record ID	object;ISL;dz;Mus01;10;ar
Library Location	Serta National Museum
Notes	On the front side, this astrolabe contains six plates bearing twelve place indications. Only six places are referred to by their names: Fez, Marrakesh, Tripoli, Egypt, and the Two Holy Mosques, Mecca and Medina. This group is topped with a perforated plate, and is equipped with curved hands indicating twenty-six stars. Arabic letters generally represent alphabetical numbers in the precise “astronomical” Kufic script, which was called so because, despite its disappearance since the twelfth century AH / eighteenth century AD, the Kufic style remains prevalent in astronomical instruments. These numbers were distributed according to the Moroccan classification. The back side carries a small ruler rotating around an axis, and it is equipped with two perforated plates. The frame of the back side (the back) is divided into two quarters, followed by the zodiac, then the Moroccan calendar classified according to the Christian order, and this is one of the characteristics of the astrolabe in Islamic Morocco. Here it must be emphasized that the Islamic calendar was only lunar; The fact that this astrolabe includes a Christian calendar shows us that information was calculated, for some time periods, in accordance with the solar month and the lunar month. This model is kept in a small pocket made of earthy-yellow fabric, and its hem is black. This type of astrolabe was widespread in North Africa during the 11th and 12th centuries AH / 17th and 18th centuries AD, and many of them bear signatures; Morocco was one of the most important manufacturing centers.
Sample Text	Houria Cherid “Astrolabe” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;dz;Mus01;10;ar

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Astrolabe

(أسطرلاب)

Publication Place - Serta National Museum

Subject Cut, engraved and re-perforated brass.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions القطر: 13،5 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 4Tth Ast 58

Record ID object;ISL;dz;Mus01;10;ar

Library Location Serta National Museum

Notes On the front side, this astrolabe contains six plates bearing twelve place indications. Only six places are referred to by their names: Fez, Marrakesh, Tripoli, Egypt, and the Two Holy Mosques, Mecca and Medina. This group is topped with a perforated plate, and is equipped with curved hands indicating twenty-six stars. Arabic letters generally represent alphabetical numbers in the precise “astronomical” Kufic script, which was called so because, despite its disappearance since the twelfth century AH / eighteenth century AD, the Kufic style remains prevalent in astronomical instruments. These numbers were distributed according to the Moroccan classification. The back side carries a small ruler rotating around an axis, and it is equipped with two perforated plates. The frame of the back side (the back) is divided into two quarters, followed by the zodiac, then the Moroccan calendar classified according to the Christian order, and this is one of the characteristics of the astrolabe in Islamic Morocco. Here it must be emphasized that the Islamic calendar was only lunar; The fact that this astrolabe includes a Christian calendar shows us that information was calculated, for some time periods, in accordance with the solar month and the lunar month. This model is kept in a small pocket made of earthy-yellow fabric, and its hem is black. This type of astrolabe was widespread in North Africa during the 11th and 12th centuries AH / 17th and 18th centuries AD, and many of them bear signatures; Morocco was one of the most important manufacturing centers.

Sample Text Houria Cherid “Astrolabe” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;dz;Mus01;10;ar