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Illustrations from

'Book of Fixed Stars' (Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita)
by ‛Abd al-Rahman ibn ‛Umar al-Ṣūfī,

Persian translation by Nasīr al-Dīn al-Tūsī

Suleymanie (Süleymaniyye) Library, Istanbul, Ms Ayasofya 2595, 1249-50AD.

Probably produced in Alamut, Iran.

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Cepheus A

f.14r Cepheus A

Cepheus B

f.14v Cepheus B

Bootes A

Bootes B

Heracles A

f.19r Heracles A

Heracles A

f.19v Heracles B

Cassiopea A

f.25r Cassiopea A

Cassiopea-B

Perseus A

f.27r Perseus A

Auriga A

Auriga B

Andromeda A

f.40r Andromeda A

Andromeda A

f.40v Andromeda B

Andromeda & Fish A

f.42v Andromeda & Fish A

Gemini A

f. 50r Gemini A

Virgo A

Orion

Referenced by CLOTHING The Saljuqs and the post-Saljuq period.
Main source: The Warburg Institute Iconographic Database

Other manuscripts of the 'Book of Fixed Stars' (Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) by ‛Abd al-Rahman ibn ‛Umar al-Ṣūfī
See also Seljuk Illustrations of Costume and Soldiers
Illustrations of 13th century Costume & Soldiers

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