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Old 14th February 2013, 07:42 PM   #16
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Hi Gene,
don't flash on my astrolabes, all are just a replicas,
my personal capital didn't allow me to buy a genuine one at minimum 40/50 KEuros,
it's hopeless, at least for me
no one has a Koftgari work
I'm fully agree with you
one day, for some one, the translation of the Koftgari on a beautiful tray,
gave a date, and think remember me, a Sultan name inside a thugra
all the best

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Dom
HI Dom,

Despite their comparative youth Your astrolabes are beautiful items.

Yes indeed, the Syrian tray!
Much thicker inlay of course. Much of it made by laying thick wires side by side to create a solid.
Interesting technique!

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