Astrolabe Catalogue

 

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Tympan 5a
Latitude 32°0'
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Almucantars

Divisions Labelled Style
Divided every 6° from 0° to 90° Plain line.

Circles

Type Labelled Style Notes
Equator Plain line. Drawn in black ink
Tropic of Cancer Plain line. Drawn in black ink
Tropic of Capricorn Plain line. Drawn in black ink

Lines

Type Labelled Description
Meridian line
Horizon rectus
Crepuscule
Unequal hours Numbered (Numbers in Numbers, written script) (Abdjad), Plain line style.

Inscriptions

Transcription Translation Type
عرض لب Latitude 32° Latitude
فجر Dawn Miscellaneous
شفق Twilight Miscellaneous
قدس شريف City name
رمله Ramla City name
اصفهان Iṣfahan City name
اسكندريه Alexandria City name
صور Tyre City name
تونس Tunis City name
بيت المقدس Jerusalem City name
بابيل Babylon City name
طبريه Tiberias City name
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