This level of detail reflects the extraordinary craftsmanship of the Lahore School, which at the time was “at its most refined”, Carter says. Here, technical precision, functionality and artistic beauty converged in a way that set it apart from earlier astrolabes produced in parts of the Middle East, which might have only been functional.
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