Astrolabe Collection

The Astrolabe of Sir Francis Drake, in Greenwich Hospital, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Astrolabe of Sir Francis Drake, in Greenwich Hospital, 1856....instrument for taking the altitude of the sun or stars, once belonging to the famous Drake...This instrument

Astrolabe, Qajar dynasty (1796-1925), 18th century; with later additions

Our Captain, Our Guide over Pathless Waters, 1890. Creator: BW Kilburn
Our Captain, Our Guide over Pathless Waters, 1890. Albumen silver print, stereocard

Triompho di Fortuna, January 1526. Creator: Unknown
Triompho di Fortuna, January 1526

Still Life with Musical Instruments, Globe and Armillary Sphere (Detail), 17th century. Found in the Collection of Art History Museum, Vienne

Illustration from Les premieres ?uvres de Jacques de Vaulx, pillote en la marine, 1583
Illustration from " Les premieres ?uvres de Jacques de Vaulx, pillote en la marine", 1583. Found in the Collection of Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Arabian astrologers, 1513 (late 19th century). Copy of an illustration from In Somnium Sciopinis (Commentary on the Dream of Scipio) by Macrobius, (Venice 1513), used in A History of Magic

Louis de Gruuthuse before an astronomical clock (From: Horloge de Sapience by Henri Suso), ca. 1470-1480. Found in the Collection of Bibliothe que Nationale de France

Astrolabe, Early 18th cen. Found in the Collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Saint Augustine in His Study. Artist: Botticelli, Sandro (1445-1510)
Saint Augustine in His Study. Found in the collection of Chiesa di Ognissanti, Florence

Artes Mechanicae. Frieze in the Casa Pellizzari, c. 1500. Artist: Giorgione (1476-1510)
Artes Mechanicae. Frieze in the Casa Pellizzari, c. 1500. Found in the collection of Casa Giorgione, Castelfranco Veneto

Portrait of Princess Dorothea of Denmark (1520-1580), ca 1530. Artist: Gossaert, Jan (ca. 1478-1532)
Portrait of Princess Dorothea of Denmark (1520-1580), ca 1530. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Amerigo Vespucci finding the Southern Cross constellation with an astrolabe (Americae Retectio), 1591. Found in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

A Young Astronomer, ca 1685. Artist: Deuren, Olivier van (1666-1714)
A Young Astronomer, ca 1685. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Cometa, qui anno Christi, 1742. Artist: Seutter, Matthaeus (1678-1757)
Cometa, qui anno Christi, 1742. Found in the collection of the Yale University

Astrolabe, Second half of the16th cen Artist: Arsenius, Gualterus (c. 1530-c. 1580)
Astrolabe, Second half of the16th cen.. Found in the collection of the Universita di Padova

Forms of astrolabe in use for surveying, 1650. Vignette from a multiplication table

Using astrolabes to calculate the height of a steeple, 1539. Artist: Petrus Apianus
Using astrolabes to calculate the height of a steeple, 1539. From Cosmographia, Peter Apian, Antwerp, 1539

Surveying, from Levinus Hulsius Instrumentorum Mechanicorum, Frankfurt-am-Main, 1605. Artist: Levinus Hulsius
Surveying, from Levinus Hulsius Instrumentorum Mechanicorum, Frankfurt-am-Main, 1605. Top; measuring angles using a quadrant. Bottom; obtaining levels and altitudes using Hulsiuss planimeter

Astrolabe, Arabian navigational instrument, 11th century. An astrolabe was an ancient navigational instrument, forerunner of the sextant, to fix the position of a star

Astrolabe from Iran, c1800. Astrolabe from Iran, c1800. Artist: Abd al- A imma
Astrolabe from Iran, c1800. Inscribed with the name of the artesan, Abd al- A imma, 1215 by Islamic calendar. Astrolabe from Iran, c1800

Portrait of the Astronomer. Artist: Basaiti, Marco (c. 1470-1530)
Portrait of the Astronomer. Found in the collection of the State Art Gallery, Lviv

Arabic 18th century planispheric astrolabe, 18th century
Arabic 18th century planispheric or flat astrolabe, 18th century

The Turkish astronomer Takiuddin at his observatory at Galata, Istanbul, 1581. Showing astronomical instruments in use at the time

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