Astrolabe Collection (page 4)

Historical Treasures in the Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus, South Kensington (engraving)
1602488 Historical Treasures in the Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus, South Kensington (engraving) by English School

Detail of Saint Augustine (fresco, c. 1480)
LRI4571025 Detail of Saint Augustine (fresco, c.1480) by Botticelli, Sandro (Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi) (1444/5-1510); 152x112 cm; Church of Ognissanti, Florence

Arabic brad astrolabe. Sign Muhammad Ibn Abi l Qasim ibn Bakran. 1102-1103
LRI4632490 Arabic brad astrolabe. Sign Muhammad Ibn Abi l Qasim ibn Bakran. 1102-1103. Diameter 122 mm Florence, Istituto

Lapis Polaris Magnes (engraving)
3646745 Lapis Polaris Magnes (engraving) by Straet, Jan van der (Joannes Stradanus) (1523-1605); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lapis Polaris Magnes)

Title page of Atlas du Voyage de La Perouse published c
TRV228977 Title page of Atlas du Voyage de La Perouse published c.1797 (engraving) (b/w photo) by French School, (18th century); Private Collection; eTravellers Club; French, out of copyright

Michel Nostradamus (1503-66) (coloured engraving)
CHT166654 Michel Nostradamus (1503-66) (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; eArchives Charmet; French, out of copyright

The Light of Navigation, 1608 (engraving)
498324 The Light of Navigation, 1608 (engraving) by Dutch School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Light of Navigation by Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638)

The triumph of the Catholic faith. Allegory of the triumph of the Eucharist over nature
LSE4313808 The triumph of the Catholic faith. Allegory of the triumph of the Eucharist over nature, science, philosophy and poetry

Navigation instruments: navigator using an astrolabe. Page taken from "
JLJ4582365 Navigation instruments: navigator using an astrolabe. Page taken from " Les Premieres Works de Jacques Devaulx Pilot en la Marine" by Jacques de Vaulx (16th century), 1583

Reverse of Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, c. 1580 (oil on panel
4073486 Reverse of Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, c.1580 (oil on panel) (see also 4073484 and 4073485) by English School, (16th century); 57.2x43.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, c. 1580 (oil on panel)
4073485 Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, c.1580 (oil on panel) by English School, (16th century); 57.2x43.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), half-length

An astrolabe, an astronomical measuring instrument used by navigators
JLJ4644584 An astrolabe, an astronomical measuring instrument used by navigators, from the 15th century. Private collection

An astrolabe, an astronomical measuring instrument used by navigators. Made in Portugal
JLJ4643862 An astrolabe, an astronomical measuring instrument used by navigators. Made in Portugal. 1648. by Portuguese School, (16th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An astrolabe)

Gothic astrolabe of the 14th century. Milan, Musei del castello
GIA4752466 Gothic astrolabe of the 14th century. Milan, Musei del castello. by Unknown Artist, (14th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gothic astrolabe of the 14th century)

The equatorial armillary sphere in "Astronomiae instituatae machanicia"
GIA4816448 The equatorial armillary sphere in " Astronomiae instituatae machanicia" by Tycho Brahe (1546 - 1601), Wandsbeck, 1598

drawing by Apianus (1539) Using a device used to calculate the time in relation to
GIA4771964 drawing by Apianus (1539) Using a device used to calculate the time in relation to the stars at night (night).Cosmographia by Pietro Apiano, Paris 1551

Representation of an astrologer using an astrolabe in the 15th century
GIA4794792 Representation of an astrologer using an astrolabe in the 15th century. Engraving from " De machinis Bellicis" (Treat seat machines)

Davis Quadrant, English navigator (1550 - 1605). Instrument for measuring the height of
GIA4729318 Davis Quadrant, English navigator (1550 - 1605). Instrument for measuring the height of the sun at sea. by Anonymous; Private Collection; (add.info.: Davis Quadrant)

Copy of a Self Portrait (engraving) (b / w photo)
XIR154164 Copy of a Self Portrait (engraving) (b/w photo) by Copernicus, Nicolaus (1473-1543) (after); Private Collection; Polish, out of copyright

The Jackstaff, from The Narrative and Critical History of America
BAL111013 The Jackstaff, from The Narrative and Critical History of America, edited by Justin Winsor, London, 1886 (woodcut) by English School

Allegory of Astronomy
3574129 Allegory of Astronomy by Giolfino, Niccolo the Younger (1476-1555); Museo del Castelvecchio, Verona, Italy; (add.info.: Artist: Giolfino, Nicolo Date of Artwork: 1496-1555 ca)

Giovanni Battista Donati (chromolitho)
735972 Giovanni Battista Donati (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Donatis Comet and Ptolemy observing the stars)

Loggia delle Muse with coffered ceiling and lunette bearing a fresco of Castalia
BEN78596 Loggia delle Muse with coffered ceiling and lunette bearing a fresco of Castalia, water nymph of a prophetic spring on Parnassus, c.1528 (photo) by Romano

Nostradamus writing his prophecies (b / w engraving)
243042 Nostradamus writing his prophecies (b/w engraving) by SauvA©, Jean (c.1635-after 1692); Private Collection; (add.info)

Allegory of Astronomy, from an edition of Margarita Philosophica
CHT223767 Allegory of Astronomy, from an edition of Margarita Philosophica by Gregor Reisch, published in Basel, 1508 (woodcut) by Reisch

Interesting Pictures and Relics from the Royal Naval Exhibition (litho)
1062568 Interesting Pictures and Relics from the Royal Naval Exhibition (litho) by Reynolds, Joshua (1723-92) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Ms 3458 fol 62vo Historiated initial D depicting Aristotle holding an armillary
BMR163108 Ms 3458 fol 62vo Historiated initial D depicting Aristotle holding an armillary sphere and pointing to the heavens as he teaches a group of clerics from Western Europe

Auguste I, electeur de Saxe et princesse Anne du Danemark - Portrait of Augustus
FIA5407765 Auguste I, electeur de Saxe et princesse Anne du Danemark - Portrait of Augustus (1526-1586), Elector of Saxony and Anne of Denmark (1532-1585), Electress of Saxony, Anonymous

Nautical astrolabe (brass)
LRI3930752 Nautical astrolabe (brass) by Dudley, Robert (1574-1649); Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence, Italy; Luisa Ricciarini; British, out of copyright

Arabic astrolabe, 1766
JLJ4607712 Arabic astrolabe, 1766. by Arabic School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Arabic astrolabe, 1766.); Photo ePhoto Josse; out of copyright

Portrait of Cardinal Christopher Clavius, 1606 (engraving
3715335 Portrait of Cardinal Christopher Clavius, 1606 (engraving by Italian School, (17th century); (add.info.: Christopher Clavius (1538 - 1612); ); The Stapleton Collection; Italian

A Philosopher Giving a Lecture in the Orrery, after Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-97)
996300 A Philosopher Giving a Lecture in the Orrery, after Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-97), 1768 (mezzotint with engraving on laid paper) by Pether

L Astrolabe et la Zelee, arrivee a Noukahiva, (tinted lithograph)
828377 L Astrolabe et la Zelee, arrivee a Noukahiva, (tinted lithograph) by Lebreton, Louis (1818-66); 42.2x54.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: L Astrolabe et la Zelee, arrivee a Noukahiva)

Flemish astrolabe (Leuven) of the 16th century. Museo del Castello, Milan
GIA4698171 Flemish astrolabe (Leuven) of the 16th century.Museo del Castello, Milan by Flemish School, (16th century); Museo del Castello Sforzesco, Milan

Hand with Celestial Spehere, early 17th century (pen & brown ink with grey & brown washes
CTS449148 Hand with Celestial Spehere, early 17th century (pen & brown ink with grey & brown washes & white body colour) by Passe, Crispin I de (c.1565-1637); 9.5x9.5 cm; eThe Devonshire Collections

Frontispiece of Dialogus De Systemate Mundi by Galileo
XJF359060 Frontispiece of Dialogus De Systemate Mundi by Galileo, edition published in 1641 (engraving) by Dutch School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Backstaff, from The Narrative and Critical History of America
BAL111014 The Backstaff, from The Narrative and Critical History of America, edited by Justin Winsor, London, 1886 (woodcut) by English School

The Astronomers, Beauvais Workshop, 1711 (tapestry)
XIR226072 The Astronomers, Beauvais Workshop, 1711 (tapestry) by Belin de Fontenay, Jean-Baptiste (1653-1715); Musee Leblanc-Duvernoy, Auxerre, France; French, out of copyright

Reverse of a Moorish astrolabe, from Cordoba, 1054 (metal)
XIR239773 Reverse of a Moorish astrolabe, from Cordoba, 1054 (metal) by Spanish School, (11th century); Jagiellonian Library, Cracow, Poland; (add.info.: Engraved in Latin in c14th)

Portrait of Johannes Stoffler (engraving) (b / w photo)
XJF275028 Portrait of Johannes Stoffler (engraving) (b/w photo) by German School; Private Collection; (add.info.: Johannes Stoffler (1452-1531); Johannes Stofler; Johannes Stoeffler;

Frontispiece of Dialogus De Systemate Mundi by Galileo (1564-1642)
CHT223764 Frontispiece of Dialogus De Systemate Mundi by Galileo (1564-1642), published in Leyden 1635 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Dutch School, (17th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Double portrait of Gerard Mercator (1512-94) and Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612
XIR174686 Double portrait of Gerard Mercator (1512-94) and Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612) engraved for inclusion in the Mercator and Hondius series of atlases

Astrology: Various Instruments and Diagrams (fresco)
XIR60968 Astrology: Various Instruments and Diagrams (fresco) by Giorgione, (Giorgio da Castelfranco) (1476/8-1510); Casa Pellizzari, Castelfranco, Veneto, Italy; Italian, out of copyright

Cosmographie: representation of the Earth as an astronomer with an astrolabe
AIS5344783 Cosmographie: representation of the Earth as an astronomer with an astrolabe by Cresques, Abraham (1325-87); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, c. 1580 (oil on panel)
4073484 Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, c.1580 (oil on panel) by English School, (16th century); 57.2x43.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), half-length

Bronze instruments of the Pekin Observatory - in "The World Tour"
LSE4104738 Bronze instruments of the Pekin Observatory - in " The World Tour", 1st week 1876 by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

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The astrolabe, a remarkable instrument used for centuries to navigate the celestial bodies, has played a significant role in the history of astronomy. Developed alongside the quadrant, it allowed astronomers like Tycho Brahe to make precise measurements and observations. One notable example is the astrolabe created by German mathematician and astronomer Johann Müller, also known as Regiomontanus. This 15th-century masterpiece showcased his expertise in both mathematics and astronomy. Turkish astronomers in Istanbul also utilized the astrolabe extensively during their studies. Ottoman manuscript illuminations from the late 16th century depict these scholars using this instrument within their observatory. D'Urville's astrolabe stands as an old but crucial tool that enabled sailors to roughly mark celestial positions before sextants were invented. Its line engraving showcases its significance in maritime navigation. Tycho Brahe, a Danish astronomer renowned for his accurate astronomical observations, relied heavily on his nautical astrolabe from Spain in 1571. This device aided him greatly in mapping out stars and planets with precision. Another variant of this incredible invention is seen through an astronomical astrolabe dating back to 1598. Its intricate design demonstrates how advancements were made over time to enhance accuracy and functionality. Astronomy enthusiasts may recognize the Prague Astronomical Clock or Prague Orloj as one of Europe's most famous an astronomicastolrable clock tower. It not only tells time but also displays various astronomical details such as planetary positions and phases of the moon. From its origins in the 15th century to its continued use well into the 19th century, including even until around 1870 when Angel Apostles adorned some versions; allegorical depictions often accompanied this fascinating instrument throughout history.