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Context sine quadrant — not a surviving complete quadrant

ربع جيب للسياق — ليس الربع التام الباقي

Unmodified photograph of a related type,not an Ibn al-Shatir original or certified reconstruction.

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Hand holding yellow-brass quadrant with grid,curved lines,two sight fittings and modern restored cord/plummet;context,not the complete quadrant.
Gerry Young/Triezel327,Front of Quadrant.JPG,photographed29April2003,CC BY-SA3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ ; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Front_of_Quadrant.JPG . Original image unmodified. Cord and plummet modern restorations;not Ibn al-Shatir's instrument. · Licence: CC-BY-SA · Open full image

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islam.museum contributors. “Context sine quadrant — not a surviving complete quadrant”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/media/shatir-quadrant-context/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-06.

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