Celestial Globe
1650
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Celestial globe with stand, brass with silver inlay, engraved with mapping lines, constellation figures and star-names, signed Diya al-Din Muhammad [...] Asturlabi Lahuri, Mughal empire, dated 1060H (1650)
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | brass and silver inlay |
| Brief description | Celestial globe with stand, brass with silver inlay, engraved with mapping lines, constellation figures and star-names, signed Diya al-Din Muhammad [...] Asturlabi Lahuri, Mughal empire, dated 1060H (1650) |
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| Bibliographic reference | Emily Savage-Smith, Islamicate Celestial Globes: Their History, Construction, and Use, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985, pp.227-8, no. 20. |
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| Accession number | 507A-1888 |
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| Record created | December 17, 2003 |
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