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A lacquered wooden quadrant decorated with gold. It retains its velvet carrying case which is decorated with metal wire and lined with silk.
Astrolabe-Quadrant, by Ahmad al-Ayyubi, Turkish, 1682/3; MHS inv. 15598
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