Abstract
SUMMARY: The first part of this article presents an overview of the general principles of construction and fabrication of Islamic celestial globes. The second part analyses the treatise Risalat al-'amal bi al-kura (On the use of the celestial globe) by the 13th century Syrian astronomer and engineer Mū'ayyīd al-Dīn al-'Urdī,
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