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Ari Daniel

This medieval astrolabe has both Arabic and Hebrew markings. Here's what it means

This close-up of the Verona astrolabe shows Arabic and Hebrew markings. (Federica Gigante)

Sometimes a little modern technology can help turn up an ancient treasure — even if that technology is nothing more than a computer screen and a simple web search.

That's what happened to Federica Gigante, a historian at the University of Cambridge, who was putting together a lecture about people who collected Islamic art and artifacts. One of those collectors was a 17th-century Italian nobleman from Verona named Ludovico Moscardo.

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