Unknown,_Iraq_-_The_Book_of_Fixed_Stars_-_Google_Art_Project_(cropped).jpg
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Summary
Author |
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
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Description |
English:
Two pages from a 12th-century Iraqi illustrated manuscript of
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
's
Book of Fixed Stars
. The left hand page describes
Corona Borealis
(The Northern Crown), while the right hand page tabulates the stars in the preceding constellation
Boötes
(The Herdsman).
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Date | 19 October 2014, 22:21:43 |
References |
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Source/Photographer | Google Art Project Museum of Islamic Art, Doha |
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