Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Image of the tympan or plate - click for larger version
Tympan 6b
Latitude 90°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
المشرق East Cardinal point
المغرب West Cardinal point
الجنوب South Cardinal point
السمال North Cardinal point
(...) شعاعات الكواكب لعرض بالسنة (…) of the rays of the heavenly bodies to the earth in a year Latitude
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