Astrolabe Catalogue

 

The calendar is of the Western type. Numbered every fifth day and the end of the month..The vernal equinox falls on the 15th day of March. [N.B: Date is decimal as date of vernal equinox on some astrolabes can be measured to within 0.25 of a day]
The calendar is labelled:
Month of the year Labelled on astrolabe
1. January : ينير
2. February : فبرير
3. March : مارس
4. April : ابريل
5. May : مايه
6. June : يونيه
7. July : يوميه
8. August: اغست
9. September : شتنبر
10. October : اكتوبر
11. November : نونبر
12. December : دجنبر
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