Astrolabe Catalogue

Lunar Mansions

Type: Lunar Mansions
Style: Lunar mansions
Geometry: Inner Circular, concentric
Unit of measurement: Lunar mansion
(Numbering) starts at: 0° Aries
(Numbering) ends at: 30° Pisces
Numbered: Not numberered
Repeats: 1 times
Notes: This scale is probably meant to be the astrological faces; there are 28 symbols as one would expect in a table of lunar mansions. Some of the symbols resemble those typically used to denote the planets. However, like the other scales on this part of the instrument, it is difficult to offer a definitive interpretation

Scale located on: Tympan, Womb or Back .

Location(s) detail:

VII: half circle inside the VI circle (on mashriqi astrolabes) - covering LL and LR (VII)
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