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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 Arabe 5036
c. 1430-1440, Samarkand
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France

from the library of Ulugh Bēgh.

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folio 38r. Cepheus


folio 43r. Bootes


folio 50v. Heracles


folio 62r. Cassiopea


folio 67v. Perseus


folio 73r. Auriga


folio 81v. Serpens & Serpentarius


folio 98v. Andromeda


folio 126r. Gemini


folio 144r. Virgo


folio 162r. Sagittarius


folio 175r. Aquarius


folio 193v. Orion


folio 217r. Argo navis


folio 238r. Centaurus & Lupus


Source: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

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