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Islamicate celestial globes : their history, construction, and use / Emilie Savage-Smith ; with a chapter on iconography by Andrea P.A. Belloli.

Language: English Series: Smithsonian studies in history and technology ; no. 46Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985, c1984.Description: ix, 354 p. : ill. (some col.) facsim. ; 28 cm.Subject(s): Celestial globes -- History

DDC classification: 522/.7 LOC classification: QB66 | .S28 1985

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	British Museum	Britain Europe and Prehistory	Shelves	HoS 6.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		10008728
Book	British Museum	Middle East	Shelves	ISL K 3 SAV (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		ME000000011664

Total holds: 0

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English and Arabic.

Includes indexes.

Bibliography: p. 312-328.