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Blakene

Blakene appears as the maker's name on the earliest signed and dated European instrument, an English astrolabe of 1342. Otherwise nothing is known about the maker's identity.

For instruments by Blakene, see:

Astrolabe, Signed by Blakene, English, Dated 1342 (London, BM)