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Accession No

0342

Brief Description

planispheric astrolabe, Islamic, Persian [tentative attribution], mid-17th Century

Origin

Persia [tentative attribution]; Islamic [Iran?]

Maker


Accession No

1467

Brief Description

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]


Accession No

5358.6

Brief Description

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


Accession No

5358.9

Brief Description

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


Accession No

6578

Brief Description

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]


Accession No

5358.10

Brief Description

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


Accession No

1849

Brief Description

Pair of astrolabe plates

Origin

Maker


Accession No

2318

Brief Description

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


Accession No

6671.5

Brief Description

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]


Accession No

6833

Brief Description

De Rojas plate, purportedly by Robert Proust, French, 1871, but possibly a fake

Origin

Maker


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