Exhibition: The Astrolabe, East and West


From sixteenth-century Persia

This is an early example of the strong tradition of astrolabe making in Persia (modern Iran) that stretches into the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Closeup of Astrolabe, by Muhammad Amin ibn Amirza Khan an-Nakha'i, Persian, 1587/8 (Inv. 52399) Astrolabe, by Muhammad Amin ibn Amirza Khan an-Nakha'i, Persian, 1587/8 (Inv. 52399)
Astrolabe, by Muhammad Amin ibn Amirza Khan an-Nakha'i, Persian, 1587/8 (Inv. 52399)
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