Astrolabe's Arabic, Hebrew markings recall period of Muslim, Jewish scholarship This discovery sheds new light on the rich history of scholarship and intellectual exchange between Muslims, ...

​A remarkable 1,000-year-old artefact has been discovered at the Fondazione Museo Miniscalchi-Erizzo in Verona, Italy, by Federica Gigante, a historian from the University of Cambridge. It may not ...

The Astrolabe (Greek: ἀστρολάβος astrolabos, from astron (star) and lambanein (to take), i.e. star-taker) is a sophisticated inclinometer (a device used to measure and monitor the ...

The astrolabe dates from 11th-century Spain and has origins that are Islamic, Jewish and Christian. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu. Space. Search. Search Space. Sign in.

The astrolabe, which translates roughly to “star-taker” in Greek, traveled out of Europe and into the Islamic world by the 8th century.

The astrolabe dates to between 1496 and 1501; it sank to the bottom with a shipwreck in 1503 near the coast of the island of Al-Ḥallānīyah, in what is now Oman. The find is one of only 104 ...

The astrolabe, along with other items inherited by Moscardo’s descendants upon his death in 1681, resides in what is now the Museum of the Miniscalchi-Erizzo Foundation in Verona, ...

An Islamic astrolabe from medieval Spain, discovered in a museum in Verona, Italy, has been found to contain multiple layers of Hebrew engravings, thought to be additions by various Jewish owners ...

The so-called Sodré astrolabe was recovered from the wreck of the Esmeralda off the coast of Oman in 2014, along with around 2,800 other artifacts. The Esmeralda was part of da Gama's armada.When ...

There’s something enchanting about ancient tools and instruments. The idea that our forebears were able to fashion precision mechanisms with nothing but the simplest hand tools is fascinating… ...

Using scissors, cut out the astrolabe silhouette (heavy black lines) on this sheet. Tape this silhouette onto your manila folder sheet and cut out this figure. Make a tiny hole at the index point ...

The astrolabe in the "Game of Thrones" opening credits. HBO Wall goes on to explain that the astrolabe was a way to orient show watchers in the world on an elaborate map that could provide an idea ...