Astrolabe Catalogue

Throne, Ring and Shackle

The throne is of the indo-persian, pierced type made of brass attached with integrated base made of brass and has a simple, squared cross-section ring made of brass and trefoil type shackle made of brass . More information

Mater

The mater and limb are of one-piece construction. The tab to hold the tympans in place is located at the bottom of the instrument, 180° from the throne.. Scales on the limb: degree scale. More information

Back

CHECK the astrological scales on the back of this instrument. I have in the past figured them out.. The back contains 11 scales of the following types: Altitude; Sine/Cosine; Declination; Cotangent; Shadow square; Faces; Triplicities. More information

Rete, Pin & Horse

The rete contains 0 stars. The rete contains zoomorphs: two star pointers (النسر الواقع and النسر الطاير) are indicated by the figures of birds. The zodiac on the rete is labelled: الحمل , الثور , الجوزا , السرطان , الاسد , السنبله , الميزان , العقرب , القوس , الجدي , الدلو , الحوت .
The rete is attached using a pin & horse. The pin is a simple, round-headed pin. The horse was engraved with attention to detail and life-like representation.. More information

Plates

There are 6 plates with latitudes ranging from 21°0' to 66°0' . More information

Rules & Alidades

Type	Details
Alidade	Double-ended. The right-hand sight is bent toward the center. The upper edge along the right arm is marked with a scale..
Pointer	Single-ended. The rule is not original.

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