Astrolabe, by Muhammad ibn Sa`id as-Sabban, Guadalajara, 1081/2 | |||||||||||
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Object is on display. | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 52473 | ||||||||||
Object Type: | Object | ||||||||||
Persons: | Muhammad ibn Sa`id as-Sabban | ||||||||||
Date Created: | Dated 474 A.H. (1081/2 CE) | ||||||||||
Place Created: | Guadalajara Spain Europe |
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Subject Classification(s): | Astrolabes | ||||||||||
Accession Number: | 1957-84/157 | ||||||||||
Brief Description: | This splendid Spanish astrolabe is the one coming from furthest north into Europe of the entire Museum's collection. It is also one of the oldest astrolabe made in Europe in the Museum's collection. Its plates encompass the whole of the Islamic world, from Toledo to Samarkand. It is finely engraved with tables covering almost the entirety of its surface. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | مما أحكم صنعته محمد بن سعيد الصبان في مدينة الفرج حرسها الله في سنة تعد الهجرية
"Among the objects skilfully made by Muhammad ibn Sa`id as-Sabban in Madinat al-Faraj, God protect her, in the year 474 of the Hijra". Engraved on the back, within the upper two and the lower left quadrants, within the zodiac/calendar scale. | ||||||||||
Provenance: | Presented by J. A. Billmeir.
Formerly in the Nicolas Landau Collection, Paris | ||||||||||
Collection Group: | Billmeir Collection | ||||||||||
Material(s): |
copper alloy | ||||||||||
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