Astrolabe Catalogue

 

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Tympan 6b
Latitude 38°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 لح Latitude 38° Latitude
تبريز Tabriz City name
ترميس City name
ساقز City name
قرم امد City name
قونيه Konya City name
اسكوب City name
اسكوب City name
ودين City name
صاقز City name
جنويز City name
اق ثهر City name
بدخشان Badakhshan City name
فجر Dawn Miscellaneous
شفق Twilight Miscellaneous
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