- that
metal astrolabes were
known in the
Christian East well
before they were
developed in the
Islamic world or in the
Latin West.
Astrolabes were further...
- wood or ivory, were not
desirable though some wood sea
astrolabes were made.
Early sea
astrolabes were made from
sheets of br****. Due to
their light weight...
- An
astrolabe (as the word is used from the
medieval period through today) is the name of a
specific astronomical instrument.
Another meaning are a type...
- (106): 42–62 Laird,
Edgar (1997), Poster, Carol; Utz,
Richard (eds.), "
Astrolabes and the
Construction of Time in the Late
Middle Ages",
Constructions of...
- The
first person to give a
description of the
astrolabe was
Theon of
Alexandria (c.335 - 405 CE).
Astrolabes were
further developed in the
medieval Islamic...
- The
Barcelona astrolabe is the
oldest astrolabe with
Carolingian characters that has
survived in the
Christian Occident. The
French researcher Marcel...
- bint al-ʻIjliyy (Arabic: العجلية بنت العجلي) was a 10th-century
maker of
astrolabes active in Aleppo, in what is now
northern Syria. She is
sometimes known...
- The
Verona astrolabe is an
archaeological discovery unearthed in the
vaults of a
museum in Verona, Italy.
Dating back to the
eleventh century, this Islamic...
- in 2005. The
Canterbury Astrolabe Quadrant is the only one of its kind
known to have been
definitely made in England.
Astrolabes are
calculation instruments...
-
Astrolabe Island (63°17′S 58°40′W / 63.283°S 58.667°W / -63.283; -58.667 (
Astrolabe Island)) is an
island 3
nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) long,...
