Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Date 18th century
Place Persia
Acquisition Presented by Mrs D. E. Thurston in 1955
Accession 1955-73

Provenance

Mrs Thurston presented two plates from a Persian astrolabe (this one for the approximate latitude of Mecca; the other is inventory no. 88453), but the whereabouts and provenance of the astrolabe are not known.
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