Quadrant ربع

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Quadrant (رُبْع), comprising an astrolabe Ancient instrument for astronomical observations. quadrant ربع المُقَنْطَرَات), Side A) and a (ربع المُجَيَّب). The quadrant is signed by its maker, Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Sharbatlī (أحمد ابن إبراهيم الشربتلي, Side A), and dated 1256/1840-41 (Side B).

Extent and format

Instrument

It is part of

Ḥāwī al-mukhtaṣarāt fī al-ʿamal bi-rubʿ al-muqanṭarāt حاوي المختسرات في العمل بربع المقنطرات Sibṭ al-Māridīnī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad سبط المارديني، بدر الدين محمد بن محمد and an astrolabe quadrant (ربع المقنطرات)

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Ref: Or 2411

Physical characteristics

Material: Wood, lacquered

Depth: 12 mm

Script: Naskh

Maker: Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Sharbatlī (أحمد ابن إبراهيم الشربتلي, see Side A)

Ink: Black and red

Written in

Arabic in Arabic script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Or 2411/2

History of this record

Date(s)

1256 (AH, Hijri qamari)

Related material

Finding aids

Rieu, Charles, Supplement to the Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: The British Museum, 1894), Item 766, pp. 524-25

Subjects

Islamic astronomy

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