Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Date 1327/28 (A.H. 724)
Maker ‘Alī ibn Ibrāhīm al-Jazzār
Place Taza
Material Brass
Acquisition Purchased from Ernst Weil in 1957
Accession 1957-19

Provenance

The Museum purchased it with a grant from Lord Leigh's Fund. Weil, a London dealer, acquired it from the collection of Leonardo Lapiccirella, a collector and dealer of Florence.
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