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Knowledge in Motion: An Early European Astrolabe and Its Possible Medieval Itinerary

In: Medieval Encounters
Author:
Petra G. Schmidl Exzellenzcluster “Normative Ordnungen,” Frankfurt University Frankfurt am Main Germany

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22 Sep 2017
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Abstract

This article discusses the place and date of origin, the earlier whereabouts, and subsequent travels of an unsigned and undated early European astrolabe (International Instrument Checklist iic #0191) now preserved in Oxford, in the Museum of the History of Science. After taking into consideration earlier descriptions, it investigates the evidence given by the astrolabe concerning its localisation and dating, and suggests a possible itinerary of this instrument. In the Appendix a full description of the astrolabe is provided.

Title:
Knowledge in Motion: An Early European Astrolabe and Its Possible Medieval Itinerary
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/15700674-12342246
Language:
English
Pages:
149–197
Keywords:
astrolabes; astrolabe dating; circulation of scientific instruments; International Instrument Checklist number #0191; Museum of the History of Science (Oxford)
In:
Medieval Encounters
In:
Volume 23: Issue 1-5
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1570-0674
Print ISSN:
1380-7854
Subjects:
Medieval History, History, History & Culture, Middle East and Islamic Studies

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