A 6-INCH BRASS CELESTIAL GLOBE
A 6-INCH BRASS CELESTIAL GLOBE

PROBABLY LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A 6-INCH BRASS CELESTIAL GLOBE
PROBABLY LATE 19TH CENTURY
with (later) inscription Al Iskandarani 1175AH [=1761AD], with constellations depicted by mythical beasts and figures, many labelled, with graduated equatorial and ecliptic, the axis through the celestial poles and on the horizon plane, the cast horizon with crude graduations, raised on four baluster turned tapering columns with cruciform base.
8in. (20cm.) high

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See Maddison, F. & Savage-Smith. Science, Tools & Magic vol.II (Oxford: 1997) pp.406-13, for this group of celestial globes.