Wednesday, July 17, 2013

ABC Wednesday—A is for "astrolabe"

There's documentation (in Cairo) that proves this brass
astrolabe was made by a 13th-century Yemeni prince.
Don't know how its last owner got his hands on
it, but his bequest left it to the Met in 1891.

[To see more ABC posts, go here.  I've been at it
every Wednesday since this post in 2009,
and still think it's one of the best memes ever!]

Posted by Alexa at 00:01
Labels: , , ,

6 comments:

  1. LeaJuly 17, 2013 at 9:02 AM

    Hey, a new word for me!
    I had to look in the dictionary to discover that it is an instrument used in astronomy.
    Have a wonderful day!
    Lea
    Lea's Menagerie

    ReplyDelete
  2. Leslie:July 17, 2013 at 1:07 PM

    Beautiful...

    Leslie
    abcw team

    ReplyDelete
  3. Roger Owen GreenJuly 17, 2013 at 1:56 PM

    Way cool. And thanks for the blog love!

    ROG, ABC Wednesday team

    ReplyDelete
  4. WandaJuly 17, 2013 at 8:32 PM

    Wow, what an interesting post.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Ms MJuly 17, 2013 at 11:57 PM

    Fascinating! Excellent photo, too!

    ReplyDelete
  6. PatJuly 18, 2013 at 4:02 AM

    That is something.... It reminded me of the Jantar Mantar astronomy park/museum I recently visited in Jaipur.

    ReplyDelete

Thanks, merci, grazie, danke, hvala, gracias, spasibo, shukran, dhanyavaad, salamat, arigato, and muito obrigado for your much-appreciated comments.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)