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Illustrations from
'Book of Fixed Stars' (Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita)
by ‛Abd al-Rahman ibn ‛Umar al-Ṣūfī,
dated 1009-10 (Bodleian Library, Oxford, manuscript Marsh 144)
Probably produced in Shiraz, Iran, during the Buwayhid Period.
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 Cepheus |
 Bootes |
 Hercules |
 Cassiopeia |
 Perseus |
 Auriga |
 Serpentarius |
 Andromeda |
 Andromeda |
 Virgo |
 Sagittarius |
 Aquarius |
 Orion |
Referenced by CLOTHING The Saljuqs and the post-Saljuq period.
Other al-Sufi Manuscripts. 'Book of Fixed Stars' (Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) by ‛Abd al-Rahman ibn ‛Umar al-Ṣūfī
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