Article ID: CBB172055625

Dating a Latin Astrolabe (2024)

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We have determined the most probable date for the catalog of 34 stars that was used in the construction of a Latin astrolabe originally owned by the Dominican preacher friars and presently in the Musée des Arts Précieux Paul-Dupuy in Toulouse, France. To this end we digitized a photograph of the rete and the rule of the astrolabe, computed the equatorial coordinates of the ends of the 34 star pointers of the rete, and produced a list of 113 reference stars taken from several lists of stars on astrolabes. We then compared the coordinates of the ends of the pointers and those of the reference stars for dates between 1400 and 1700. The most probable date for this astrolabe is 1550.

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Authors & Contributors
Turner, Anthony J.
King, David A.
Kunitzsch, Paul
Buccolini, Claudio
Cleempoel, Koenraad Van
Hayton, Darin
Journals
Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Bruniana & Campanelliana: Ricerche Filosofiche e Materiali Storico-testuali
Nuncius: Annali di Storia della Scienza
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
British Journal for the History of Science
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Publishers
Brill
Concepts
Astrolabes
Astronomy
Stars; stellar astronomy
Science and religion
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Instruments, astronomical
People
Crignon, Pierre
Eymerich, Nicolas
Fusoris, Jean
Thomas Aquinas, Saint
Tommaso d’Eremita
Stabius, Johannes
Time Periods
16th century
Early modern
17th century
Medieval
15th century
18th century
Places
Europe
France
Ottoman Empire
Vienna (Austria)
India
Iran
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