Treatise on the astrolabe

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gptkbp:instanceOf medieval scientific text
gptkbp:author gptkb:Geoffrey_Chaucer
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:England
gptkbp:dateWritten c. 1391
gptkbp:dedicatedTo Lewis Chaucer
gptkbp:explains use of the astrolabe
gptkbp:genre gptkb:philosophy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Treatise on the astrolabe
gptkbp:influencedBy Latin and Arabic sources
gptkbp:language gptkb:Middle_English
gptkbp:notableFor earliest technical manual in English
gptkbp:preservedIn manuscripts
gptkbp:significance important for history of science in England
gptkbp:structure divided into five parts
gptkbp:subject astrolabe
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ibn_al-Saffar
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5