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Muhammad Mahdi al-Khadim al-Yazdi: Planispheric Astrolabe
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Planispheric Astrolabe |
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astrolabe  |
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| Description |
English: This astrolabe is superbly engraved with a mass of technical information, Qur’anic verses and Persian poetry. The latter includes a chronogram, ‘It is Alexander’s mirror and the cup in which one can see the world’, giving the date 1060 AH (1650 AD). Muhammad Mahdi, who worked between 1649 and 1663, came of a family of astrolabists and was responsible for the instrument’s calibration, the most important stage of its manufacture. He provided the astrolabe with plates for five different latitudes with gazetteers of their principal cities. ... See full description on web site. |
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| Date | dated 1060 AH (1650 AD) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | brass, sheet and cast, cut and engraved | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of creation | Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/islamic-art/khalili-collection-islamic-art-large-planispheric-astrolabe-sci161/ (English) |
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| Description | Planispheric Astrolabe |
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| Source | Cropped from File:Khalili Collection Islamic Art sci 0161.1.jpg |
| Author | Khalili Collections |
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