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The first known metal astrolabe in Western Europe is the Destombes astrolabe made from brass in the eleventh century in Portugal. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] (p 140) Metal astrolabes avoided the warping that large wooden ones were prone to, allowing the construction of larger and therefore more accurate instruments.
[9] [11] The astrolabe was confirmed by laser scanning, which revealed a series of 18 gradations marking 5-degree intervals, and has been named the Sodré astrolabe. It has been proposed that the Sodré astrolabe is a transitional instrument between the classic planispheric astrolabe from which the first mariner's astrolabes made of brass were ...
A rare navigational tool has snagged a Guinness World Record as the oldest mariner's astrolabe.The astrolabe dates to between 1496 and 1501; it sank to the bottom with a shipwreck in 1503 near the ...
An astrolabe from the Mughal era exhibited at the National Museum in New Delhi, India. Yantrarāja is the Sanskrit name for the ancient astronomical instrument called astrolabe. It is also the title of a Sanskrit treatise on the construction and working of the astrolabe composed by a Jain astronomer Mahendra Sūri in around 1370 CE. [1]
The astrolabe consists of a disk engraved with the positions of the celestial bodies. Medieval Islamic astronomy comprises the astronomical developments made in the Islamic world, particularly during the Islamic Golden Age (9th–13th centuries), and mostly written in the Arabic language.
The approximately 900-year-old astrolabe is one of only a few ever discovered, according to researchers. Museum collection photo leads to ‘remarkable’ discovery. ‘Thought it was an illusion’
Jean Fusoris (c. 1355/1365 – 1436) was a medieval French clergyman and astronomer who designed astrolabes and other astronomical instruments made of brass. He also published a treatise on the construction of the astrolabe. His clients included the royalty of France and the Bishop of Norwich.
The Verona astrolabe is an archaeological discovery unearthed in the vaults of a museum in Verona, Italy. [1] Dating back to the eleventh century, this Islamic astrolabe is one of the oldest examples of its kind and is among the few known to exist worldwide. It appears to have been employed by Muslim, Jewish, and Christian communities spanning ...