Publication Date
729 AH / 1328 - 29 AD
Publication Place
-
Benaki Museum
Subject
Brass
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
القطر : 20 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
9244
Record ID
object;EPM;gr;Mus21;44;ar
Library Location
Benaki Museum
Date
729 AH / 1328 - 29 AD
Notes
The astrolabe was made by Ahmed Ibn al-Sarraj for Muhammad al-Tanukhi in the year 729 AH. The borders of the disk are inscribed with the names of four owners, two of whom are named temporary, meaning astronomers employed for religious purposes. It is the only known specimen of the Islamic general astrolabe. Ahmed Ibn al-Sarraj lived in Aleppo at the beginning of the fourteenth century and was the author of treatises on mathematics and astronomy. 729/1328-29
Sample Text
“General Astrolabe” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;gr;Mus21;44;ar
