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Name of the rose - Astronomical instruments in movies |
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William of Baskerville (Sean Connery) unpacks his bag and takes out the islamic astrolabe and astronomical quadrant.
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Islamic astrolabe and quadrant.
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During a chat with his apprentice, William is using the astrolabe.
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The way of using the astrolabe. |
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Armillary sphere being used as a tool of a gruesome murder.
"An archer picked the armillary sphere up from the floor and handed it to Bernard. The elegant architecture of brass and silver circles, held together by a stronger frame of bronze rings grasped by the stem of the tripod, had been brought down heavily on the victim's skull, and at the impact many of the finer circles had shattered or bent to one side"
U. Eco, The Name of the Rose (1980), translated by W. Weaver (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983), p. 359
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