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Illustrations from

'Book of Fixed Stars' (Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita)
by ‛Abd al-Rahman ibn ‛Umar al-Ṣūfī,
Dãr al-Kutub National Library, Cairo, Manuscript miqãt 390, c1300AD.

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Aquarius

Gemini

Cepheus?
Country of Origin: Egypt. Source: Werner Forman Archive / National Library, Cairo

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



Illustrations of Egyptian and Syrian Costume & Soldiers
Other 13th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers