Astrolabe of ‘Umar ibn Yusuf ibn ‘Umar ibn ‘Ali ibn Rasul al-Muzaffari

‘Umar ibn Yusuf ibn ‘Umar ibn ‘Ali ibn Rasul al-Muzaffari

Date

dated 690 AH/1291 CE

Type

Astrolabe

Medium

Brass; cast and hammered, pierced, chased, inlaid with silver

Department

Islamic Art

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

91.1.535a–h

Credit

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891