By: Bitethehand

Bitethehand
Sat, 24 Aug 2024 10:12:48 +0000

In reply to NiceChappie.

Just one example will suffice from Science and the Art of the Islamic World – from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Planispheric astrolabe
Dated a.h. 1065 / a.d. 1654–55
Maker: Muhammad Zaman al-Munajjim al-Asturlabi
(active 1643–89)

So somewhat later than your ‘mid 11th Century’.

“Astrolabes were the most important astronomical instruments in the Islamic world and Europe until the early Renaissance. Astrolabes created in the Islamic world made their way to the West and shaped the production of these scientific tools in Europe.

https://www.metmuseum.org/learn/educators/curriculum-resources/art-of-the-islamic-world/~/media/Files/Learn/For%20Educators/Publications%20for%20Educators/Islamic%20Teacher%20Resource/Unit4.pdf