Publication Date
690 AH / 1291 AD
Publication Place
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject
Brass, cast and hammered, perforated, perforated and inlaid with silver
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
العلبة (أ) : العرض : 19.4 سم ، القطر : 15.6 سم ،ا لعمق :0.6 سم القضيب (ب) : الارتفاع : 4.8 سم ، العرض : 2.9 سم ،ا لطول : 12.7 سم الصفيحة (ت) : القطر : 12.7 سم الصفائح (ث- خ) : القطر : 12.7 سم المسمار(د) : الطول : 4.4 سم ،العرض : 1.3 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
91.1.535a–h
Record ID
object;EPM;us;Mus23;1;ar
Library Location
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date
690 AH / 1291 AD
Notes
This astrolabe is extraordinarily well documented in that it was a piece produced during the Middle Ages. Its inscription is attributed to a Rasulid-era prince, Omar Ibn Yusuf, who had ascended to the throne a few years earlier (r. 1295-96). Omar wrote a number of scientific treatises, including one on the construction of astrolabes, of which a photographed copy exists and is preserved in Cairo, which contains testimonies from his teachers about his competence as a maker of such devices and an accurate description of this piece.
Sample Text
“The Astrolabe of Omar Ibn Yusuf Ibn Omar, where is Ali Ibn Rasul Al-Muzaffari” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;1;ar
