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Illustrations from
'Book of Fixed Stars' (Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita)
by ‛Abd al-Rahman ibn ‛Umar al-Ṣūfī.
Ms. Garrett 2259 Yehuda
4 Ramaḍān 1015 AH [3 January 1607]
Princeton, University Library
The manuscripts usually have 2 versions of each constellation - looking up from earth and looking down at a cellestial globe.This manuscript has only one image of each constellation.
 folio 7v. Cepheus |  folio 8. Bootes |  folio 9. Heracles |
 folio 11. Cassiopea |  folio 12. Perseus |  folio 13. Auriga |
 folio 14. Serpentarius |  folio 14v. Sagitta |  folio 17. Andromeda |
 folio 24. Virgo |  folio 27. Sagittarius |  folio 29. Aquarius |
 folio 32. Orion |  folio 36. Argo navis |  folio 39v. Centaurus & Lupus |
Sources: Princeton . PDF
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