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Brief Description
planispheric astrolabe, Islamic, Persian [tentative attribution], mid-17th Century
Origin
Persia [tentative attribution]; Islamic [Iran?]
Maker
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astrolabe, Flemish-style, with latitude plates and universal projection, attributed to School of Arsenius, tentatively attributed to Zeelst, Flemish or Dutch, c. 1570
Origin
Flanders [modern-day Belgium]; or a Dutch (Holland) copy of a Flemish instrument
Maker
School of Arsenius [attributed] Zeelst [tentative attribution]
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Ottoman Turkish manuscript page, C18th or C19th, with fake image added in late C20th of astronomer teaching the use of an astrolabe. False date of 1781 AD; image is a late C20th forgery.
Origin
Turkey; Istanbul [source of forgery - source of original manuscript sheet is likely to also be Turkey]
Maker
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Manuscript sheet in Ottoman and Arabic, C16th or C17th, with fake diagram of astrolabe and planets added in late C20th. False date of 1724 AD; image is a late C20th forgery.
Origin
Turkey; Istanbul [source of forgery - source of original manuscript sheet is likely to also be Turkey]
Maker
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pre-production model of ‘The Oxford Astrolabe’, designed by C. F. Jenkin, English, 1925
Origin
England; Oxford
Maker
Jenkin, C. F. [designer and possible maker]
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manuscript letter dated 1866 AD, with fake diagram added in the late 20th Century showing astrolabe and planets and nonsense Arabic script, Ottoman Turkish, false date of 1712 AD but image is a late 20th-century forgery
Origin
Turkey; Istanbul [source of forgery - source of original manuscript sheet is likely to also be Turkey]
Maker
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electrotype of mariners astrolabe of 1603, with hanging stand, by International Museum Replicas, U.S.A., 1977
Origin
U.S.A.; Massachussetts; Boston
Maker
International Museum Replicas
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copperplate printing block for R. T. Gunther, 'Early Science in Cambridge', no. 5 of 11, image of King's College astrolabe, attributed to Oxford University Press, English, 1937 (c)
Origin
England; Oxford
Maker
Oxford University Press [attributed]
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Brief Description
De Rojas plate, purportedly by Robert Proust, French, 1871, but possibly a fake
Origin
Maker
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