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Description: | This elegant and competently made maghhribi astrolabe is remarkable for its unexpected rete design. It is certainly not older than circa 1800.
The simple, yet attractive throne is decorated with a symmetrical vegetal pattern engraved on the front and back. The throne and rim are soldered onto the mater. A European hand has written the number '73' twice in the mater, which is otherwise blank. The form of the rete is highly atypical for a late-maghribi astrolabe. It might be that it was copied from a medieval Spanish (Islamic or Latin) model. There are four plates, two of these being replacements (one completely blank). The back of the astrolabe is of a standard maghribi design.
Negative numbers F6414, B8682
caption: Astrolabe: dismounted obverse
caption: Astrolabe: dismounted reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Throne astrolabes Plate Rete Mater | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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