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, Jews ...

Astrolabe: History 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 ...

Across history, ancient civilizations crafted prototypes for many of the modern mechanisms that have become integral to ...

A rare Islamic astrolabe discovered in Verona, Italy, reveals how the instrument passed through different countries and cultures ...

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 ...

This rare 11th-century Islamic astrolabe is one of the oldest yet discovered "A powerful record of scientific exchange between Arabs, Jews, & Christians over 100s of years." ...

The University of Sharjah hosted an astrolabe workshop in which western scientists showed participants how an astronomical instrument made by an ancient Muslim scholar nearly 1,000 years ago ...

This astrolabe has some similarity with the astrolabe made for, or ascribed to, Pope Sylvester II (380/990). Credit: From Fuat Sezgin's book on Science and Technology in Islam, vol. II (Astronomy), ...

Astrolabe Games has confirmed that Old School Rally will launch its full version this holiday season for Switch, PS5, PS4, and PC.

Islamic planispheric astrolabe in brass, diameter 25 cm, with rete, two plates, alidade, alidade, pin and horse, made by Jamal al-Din ibn Muquin, at Lahore, Pakistan, in 1077 AH (= 1666-7 CE). Inside ...