Summary

Object

Spherical Astrolabe
Artist	Signed by Musa
Title	English: Spherical astrolabe Nederlands: Islamitisch sferisch astrolabium Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча: Sfera astrolyabiyasi Hrvatski: Sferni astrolab nastao u srednjevjekovnoj islamskoj astronomiji. Français : Astrolabe sphérique (885H/1480-81) Русский: Сферическая астролябия
Object type	astrolabe
Description	The spherical astrolabe from medieval Islamic astronomy, c. 1480, in the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford [1]
Date	885H/1480-81
Medium	brass and silver
Dimensions	diameter: 90 mm (3.5 in) dimensions QS:P2386,+90U174789
Collection	History of Science Museum Native name History of Science Museum Parent institution Gardens, Libraries and Museums of the University of Oxford Location Oxford , United Kingdom Coordinates 51° 45′ 15.3″ N, 1° 15′ 19.73″ W Established 1683 Website www.hsm.ox.ac.uk Authority file : Q6941088 VIAF : 295340797 ISNI : 0000000404503342 Historic England : 1369352 NKC : av2017959172 institution QS:P195,Q6941088
Accession number	1962-25
Place of creation	Persis
References	http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/object/inv/49687

Photograph

Description Spherical astrolabe 2.jpg	English: A spherical astrolabe from medieval Islamic astronomy, c. 1480, most likely Syria or Egypt, in the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
Date	2 November 2007, 16:35
Source	Islamic Instrumentation - A Spherical Astrolabe
Author	Brian from Glasgow, Scotland
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1. ↑ David C. Lindberg ; Michael H. Shank (7 October 2013) The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 2, Medieval Science , Cambridge University Press, p. 173 Retrieved on 15 May 2018. ISBN : 978-1-316-02547-5 .