Instruments
Made in c.1733, this astrolabe was presented as a gift to the mosque at Fez in Morocco. It is unusual in having a perpetual calendar of the Muslim and Christian years, a rare feature occasionally found on Maghribi astrolabes.
Inv. 51459
Made in c.1733, this astrolabe was presented as a gift to the mosque at Fez in Morocco. It is unusual in having a perpetual calendar of the Muslim and Christian years, a rare feature occasionally found on Maghribi astrolabes.
Inv. 51459