| Date |
1703/4 (A.H. 1115) |
| Maker |
‘Abd al-A’imma |
| Place |
Iṣfahān |
| Material |
Brass |
| Inventory no. |
54193 |
| Acquisition |
Presented by Lewis Evans in
1924 |
The rete is of the foliate (single knob) type. The
back of the ecliptic shows the typical construction marks,
divisions of the ecliptic. The entire tropic of Capricorn is
decorated with embossed leaves..The zodiac on the rete is
labelled: حمل , ثور , جوزا , سرطان , اسد , سنبله , ميزان ,
عقرب , قوس , جدي , دلو , حوت
Stars
There are 0 stars on the rete marked with bulb
pointers. Unless otherwise indicated the star name, mediation
and declination are as marked/measured on the rete.
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other astrolabes with the same star.
Star name
(on instrument) |
Modern star
(if known) |
Mediation |
Declination |
Pointer |
Horse Image:
Horse Image:
Pin & Horse
The rete is attached using a pin
& horse. It is not certain that this pin and horse are
original. Unusually, there is a washer between the horse and
the rete..
