Tangible Heritage: Production of Astrolabes on a Laser Engraver

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dc.contributor.authorZotti, Georgen_US
dc.contributor.editorDavid B. Arnold and Andrej Ferkoen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-14T12:20:25Z
dc.date.available2015-07-14T12:20:25Z
dc.date.issued2007en_US
dc.description.abstractThe astrolabe, an analog computing device, used to be the iconic instrument of astronomers during the Middle Ages. It allowed a multitude of operations of practical astronomy which were otherwise cumbersome to perform in an epoch when mathematics had apparently almost been forgotten. Usually made from wood or sheet metal, a few hundred instruments, mostly from brass, survived until today and are valuable museum showpieces. This paper explains a procedural modelling approach for the construction of the classical kinds of astrolabes, which allows a wide variety of applications from plain explanatory illustrations to 3D models, and even the production of working physical astrolabes usable for public or classroom demonstrations.en_US
dc.description.sectionheadersCH2 - Cultural Heritage IIen_US
dc.description.seriesinformationEG Cultural Heritage Papersen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.2312/egch.20071006en_US
dc.identifier.pages41-48en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2312/egch.20071006en_US
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Associationen_US
dc.titleTangible Heritage: Production of Astrolabes on a Laser Engraveren_US
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