Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Image of the tympan or plate - click for larger version
Tympan 6a
Latitude 60°0'
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Lines

Type Labelled Description
Horoscopic (great) houses every 10° (Numbers in Numbers, engraved script) (Abdjad, maghrib), Plain line style.

Inscriptions

Transcription Translation Type
الجنوب South Cardinal point
المشرق East Cardinal point
المغرب West Cardinal point
السمال North Cardinal point
(...) شعاعات الكواكب لعرض سرقسطة (…) of the rays of the heavenly bodies to Zaragoza Latitude
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