The oldest astrolabe was designed by Nastulus in 927.
Reproduction of first astrolabe made by Michael Asineus, more info on Antiquus.
Beautiful astrolab photo by Nicolas Brodu, more info on the photo.
Photos and great article on Arabian Gulf Miniatures, here.
The 'Chaucer' astrolabe from British Museum in London, more info in Instuitute of Historical Research.
Astrolabe in National Museum of Syria, more info here.
Check also part 1.
4 comments:
I saw one freaking HUGE astrolabe in the Topkapi museum in Istanbul. It must have been 3 feet across. Impressive
I would like to read more information about this topic.
wow amazing thank you so much for sharing it, I love the Beautiful astrolab photo by Nicolas Brodu,
That was an interesting piece of information on handwriting analysis. Please post more about graphology. Thank you!
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