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A brass astrolabe hangs from a wooden stand on a plain table top, its rings and scale lines catching the light. A cyan plane covers half the stand and a violet square overlaps the top.
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Astrolabe

No. 43 of 50 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeA brass astrolabe hangs from a wooden stand on a plain table top, its rings and scale lines catching the light. A cyan plane covers half the stand and a violet square overlaps the top.

What it meansThe astrolabe, refined by astronomers of the Islamic world, measured the height of stars and the sun to tell the time and find the direction of prayer.

Where it worksPrecise and curious, for a study, a library wall or an office.

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A brass basket of round loaves and a glass of tea sit on a low round table at the start of the day, with a long shadow across the floor. A red pillar rises behind it and a lilac band sits on the wall to one side.Morning BreadNo. 44
Green date-palm fronds fan out of a tall white vase standing on the floor, their feathered shadow spread across the wall. A cyan column rises through the vase and a violet band sits on the wall beside the fronds.Palm FrondsNo. 45
A brass tray with a white teapot and two glasses of tea sits on a bare floor, with long low shadows. A lilac plane rises behind the tray and a magenta band sits on the wall to one side.Tea on the FloorNo. 46
A wooden chair stands beside a tall horseshoe arch that opens onto bright light, its shadow lying across the sunlit patch on the floor. A magenta plane sits over the arch and a lilac one over the light below.Chair by the ArchNo. 47
Three pierced brass lanterns of different heights stand lit on a dark floor in a dim room, their shadows fanning up the wall. Three tall planes of violet, magenta and cyan stand behind them.Three LanternsNo. 48
Three clay pots of herbs and red geraniums stand in a row along a single stone step against a pale wall, with short shadows. One violet plane lies across the wall above them.Pots on a StepNo. 49
A clay water jug cools on the deep sill of a lattice-screened window, with filtered light falling across the wall below. Cyan and magenta planes overlap across the window.Water at the WindowNo. 50
An oud leans against the back of a plain wooden chair on a board floor, with a long shadow running to the right. A violet plane stands behind the chair and a short magenta band sits on the wall beside it.Oud at RestNo. 1

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