Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Date 1733/4 (A.H. 1146)
Maker Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Baṭṭuṭī
Place Morocco
Material Brass
Inventory no. 51459
Acquisition Presented by J. A. Billmeir in 1957

Rule, Regula, Pointer and Alidade Images

Alidade Image:

astrolabe part (photo)

Alidade

Appearance Tip Sights Pinholes Notches Description
Double-ended,  Fixed and imovable,  replacement.  Decorative Rigid Single None There is some decorative scroll work close to the pivot hole on this alidade..
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