Ancient Greek astronomers and early Islamic scientists used astrolabes as mechanical computers to calculate time, determine ...

A London auction has put the world's largest astrolabe in the spotlight, tracing its roots from ancient Greece to the royal ...

The astrolabe - or astronomical computer - is possibly the largest in existence and had never been exhibited before.

A spectacular brass astrolabe - or a hand-held astronomical computer - from the 17th Century, once part of the royal collection of Jaipur city in western India, will go under the hammer at Sotheby's ...

Big news from the world of auctions, where what might well be the single largest astrolabe on Earth is up for sale. And what, you might wonder, is an astrolabe? Oh, boy, am I glad that you asked. The ...

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Its renown in the last of these fields was tied to the Lahore School, which blended Islamic and Sanskritic astronomical methods and produced peerless astrolabes—brass instruments with interlocking ...

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IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The astrolabe is an astronomical ...