Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Date 1081/2
Maker Muḥammad ibn Sa‘īd as-Ṣabbān
Place Guadalajara
Material Brass
Inventory no. 52473
Acquisition Presented by J. A. Billmeir in 1957
There are 6 plates with latitudes ranging from 21°0' to 90°0' .

Latitude 21°0'

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مكه اليمامه الصايف جكه لعري كا م Mecca, al-Yamamah as-Saif Jukah, for latitude 21 40' Latitude
المشرق East Direction
المغرب West Direction
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Latitude 30°0'

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مصر كرمان مك؟؟ المدينه لعرض ل Egypt, Kirman, ??, Medina for latitude 30°. Latitude
المشرق East Direction
المغرب West Direction
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Latitude 31°0'

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الاسكادريه الكوفه البصره دمياط ؟؟ صابوسطا لعرض لا ل Alexandria, al-Kufa, al-Basra, Damietta ??? for latitude 31°30' Latitude
المشرق East Direction
المغرب West Direction
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Latitude 33°0'

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بغداد فاس دمسوغس فعن افرقيه تونس لعرض لد ي Baghdad, Fez, Damascus, ?? Ifriqiya, Tunis, for latitude 33°10 Latitude
المشرق East Direction
المغرب West Direction
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Latitude 36°0'

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المريه سمرقند راس العيى حران طرسوس المصلصه الرقه همداز لعرض لو ل Almeria, Samarqand, Ras al-Air, Harran, Tarsus, al-M??? ar-Raqqa, Hamadaz, for latitude 36°30' Latitude
المشرق East Direction
المغرب West Direction
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Latitude 36°0'

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غرناطه مالقره سردانيه اخربيجان نيصابةر الاتبار بخاره الرها لعرض لز ل Granada, Malaga, Sardinia, Azerbaijan, Nishapur, al-Anbar, Bukhara, Edessa, for latitude 37°30' Latitude
المشرق East Direction
المغرب West Direction
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Latitude 38°0'

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قرطبه شلج اشبليه مرسيه يابسه حمص اعرض لح ل Cordova ?? Seville Murcia Iviza Homs, for latitude 38°30' Latitude
المشرق East Direction
المغرب West Direction
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Latitude 39°0'

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بلنسيه بطايوس كانيه ملطيه لعرض لط ل Valencia Badajoz ?? Maltya, for latitude 39°30' Latitude
المشرق East Direction
المغرب West Direction
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Latitude 40°0'

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طليطله شنترية لعرض م Toledo, Santarem, for latitude 40° Latitude
المشرق East Direction
المغرب West Direction
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Latitude 40°0'

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سرقسطه طرطوسه رم ملك الكبو العرض ما ل Saragossa, Tortosa, Rome the Great, latitude 41°30' Latitude
المشرق East Direction
المغرب West Direction
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Latitude 60°0'

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الجنوب South Cardinal point
المشرق East Cardinal point
المغرب West Cardinal point
السمال North Cardinal point
(...) شعاعات الكواكب لعرض سرقسطة (…) of the rays of the heavenly bodies to Zaragoza Latitude
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Latitude 90°0'

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المشرق East Cardinal point
المغرب West Cardinal point
الجنوب South Cardinal point
السمال North Cardinal point
(...) شعاعات الكواكب لعرض بالسنة (…) of the rays of the heavenly bodies to the earth in a year Latitude
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