Dating of a Latin astrolabe ...

• Main Author: Davoust, Emmanuel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2023
• Subjects: History and Philosophy of Physics physics.hist-ph; Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics astro-ph.IM; FOS Physical sciences; Astrolabe; The Pointers
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2311.17966; https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.17966

We have determined the most probable date for the catalog of 34 stars that was used in the construction of a Latin astrolabe originally owned by the Dominican preacher friars and presently at Musée des Arts précieux Paul-Dupuy (Toulouse, France). To this end we digitized a photograph of the rete and...