-
selling astrolabes in his shop in Paris,
along with
portable sundials and
other po****r
scientific devices of the day.
Thirteen of his
astrolabes survive...
- wood or ivory, were not
desirable though some wood sea
astrolabes were made.
Early sea
astrolabes were made from
sheets of br****. Due to
their light weight...
- (106): 42–62 Laird,
Edgar (1997), Poster, Carol; Utz,
Richard (eds.), "
Astrolabes and the
Construction of Time in the Late
Middle Ages",
Constructions of...
-
astrolabe (as the word is used from the
medieval period through today) is the name of a
specific astronomical instrument.
Prior to that, "
astrolabe"...
- bint al-ʻIjliyy (Arabic: العجلية بنت العجلي) was a 10th-century
maker of
astrolabes active in Aleppo, in what is now
northern Syria. She is
sometimes known...
- The
Verona astrolabe is an
archaeological discovery unearthed in the
vaults of a
museum in Verona, Italy.
Dating back to the
eleventh century, this Islamic...
- The
first person to give a
description of the
astrolabe was
Theon of
Alexandria (c.335 - 405 CE).
Astrolabes were
further developed in the
medieval Islamic...
- The
Barcelona astrolabe is the
oldest astrolabe with
Carolingian characters that has
survived in the
Christian Occident. The
French researcher Marcel...
- in 2005. The
Canterbury Astrolabe Quadrant is the only one of its kind
known to have been
definitely made in England.
Astrolabes are
calculation instruments...
- 37°33′37″S 176°23′47″E / 37.56039°S 176.396466°E / -37.56039; 176.396466
Astrolabe Reef is near Mōtītī Island, 20
kilometres NE of Tauranga, off the Bay...
