Illustration from

'Book of Fixed Stars' (Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) by ‛Abd al-Rahman ibn ‛Umar al-Ṣūfī, dated 1260-80AD (British Library, London, manuscript Or.5323)

Cassiopea



(f. 19r) Cassiopeia as viewed on a celestial globe (right) and as viewed in the sky (left)
Source: Qatar National Library

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