Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Date ca. 1250
Place Spain (?)
Material Brass
Inventory no. 49033
Acquisition Presented by Lewis Evans in 1924

Rule, Regula, Pointer and Alidade Images

Alidade Image:

astrolabe part (photo)

Alidade

Appearance Tip Sights Pinholes Notches Description
Double-ended,  counter-changed,  original.  Simple Rigid Double None Both tips have broken off. There is an usual and seemingly useless notch on the bottom of each sighting vane.
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