APPENDIX X. Astrolabe terms

English

Latin

Arabic

alidade

ostensor

al-'Idda

astrolabe

astrolabium

asturlb

back

dorsum

zahr

cord

  'ilqa

front, face

facies

wajh

limb

limbus, margo

hajra, tawq, kuffa

mater

mater

umm

pin, axis

clavus, axis

qutb, watad, mihwar

plate

tympanum, tabula regionem

safiha

rete, net, spider

rete, aranea

'ankabût, shabaka

ring

armilla suspensoria

halka

ruler

index (or ostensor)

 

shackle

 

'urwa, habs

swivel pin

armilla reflexea

 

throne

armilla fixa

kurs

washer, ring

armilla

fals

wedge, horse, dog

equus, caballus, cuneus

faras