The Horology Museum

The Catalogue

Individual clocks, watches, instruments and movements, each with photographs, maker, date, materials and the institution or archive that documents it. Every record links back to its source; images are credited and their rights status is tracked for review.

Matching records

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Instruments · 10th century

Quadrant by Muhammad ibn Mahmud, Iran (Persia), 10th century

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Instruments · 1221

Astrolabe by Mohammad ibn Bekr ibn Mohammad Al Rashidi Al-Abari, Iran (Persia), 1221

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1600-1700

Astrolabe, Iran (Persia), 1600-1700

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Instruments · 17th century

Astrolabe, Iran (Persia), 17th century

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Instruments · 1645-1655

Astrolabe, Iran (Persia), 1645-1655

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1645-1655

Small brass planispheric astrolabe engraved with Arabic script, thought to be Persian, c. 1650, IC 1056 (international checklist).

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1654–1655

Astrolabe by Muhammad Zaman al-Munajjim al-Asturlabi, Iran (Persia), 1654–1655

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Instruments · 1667

Astrolabe, Iran (Isfahan), dated 1667.

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Instruments · 1678-1720

Persian pocket sun-dial, brass, diam 3 1/2in, Isfahan, Iran, 1678-1720

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1700-1800

Astrolabe, Iran (Persia), 1700-1800

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Instruments · 1701-1800

Wooden horary quadrant (25-cm radius) with painted scales and leather case, Islamic script, unsigned, Persia, 1701-1800.

Science Museum Group, London

Instruments · 1715

Astrolabe, Iran (Isfahan), 1715.

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Instruments · 1727-1728

Persian wooden horary quadrant (15 cm radius), with painted scales and compass in leather case, by Muhammad Abd al-Hadi-Safadi and dated AH 1140 (1727-8).

Science Museum Group, London