al Sufi manuscript Suleymanie Library, Istanbul, Ms Fatih Kütüphanesi 3422, Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita, Artuqid Mardin 1125AD

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'Book of Fixed Stars' (Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita)
by ‛Abd al-Rahman ibn ‛Umar al-Ṣūfī,
Suleymanie Library, Istanbul, Manuscript Fatih Kütüphanesi 3422, 1125AD.

Copied by Hibatullāh ‛Abd Allah ibn ‛Abd al-Jabbār ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Sādaqah ibn ‛Ālī ibn Yūsuf ibn Basām al-Jabalī
in Artuqid Mārdin, Dunaysir, Turkey.

The manuscript has been foliated left to right but the manuscript is read right to left.
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Orion B

Orion A

Aquarius B

158v Aquarius B

Aquarius A

158r Aquarius A

Sagittarius B

147v Sagittarius B

Sagittarius A

147r Sagittarius A

Virgo B

Virgo A

Andromeda D

91v Andromeda D

Andromeda C

91r Andromeda C

Andromeda B

90v Andromeda B

Andromeda A with Fish

90r Andromeda A with Fish

Serpentarius B

74v Serpentarius B

Serpentarius A

74r Serpentarius A

Auriga B

Auriga A

Perseus A

Cassiopeia B

58v Cassiopeia B

Cassiopeia A

58r Cassiopeia A

Heracles B

Heracles A

Bootes B

Bootes A

Cepheus B

Cepheus A

CREATED: Persia
DATE: 1125AD
LOCATION: Istanbul, Fatih Library 3422
Source: Warburg Institute Iconographic Database

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