Instruments

detail of the universal projection on the back of astrolabe MHS inv. 41122Although it is not signed or dated, we can place the manufacture of this astrolabe in the Maghrib, and date it probably to the 13th century. As well as having the standard latitude projection on the front, with its rete and beautifully-stylised star pointers, the back has a universal projection and so can be used in any latitude.

Inv. 41122

thumbnail of astrolabe MHS inv. 41122  thumbnail of astrolabe MHS inv. 41122