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Summary
anonymous: Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita
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| Title |
Arabic: عبد الرحمن بن عمر الصوفي. كتاب صور الكواكب الثابتة  Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita |
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| Object type |
illuminated manuscript / codex / version, edition or translation |
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| Description |
English: The constellation Orion in a 15th century copy of Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita.
The left leg is marked as the star Rigel, rijl al-jauza al-yusra (the left leg of Orion) |
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| Language |
Arabic |
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| Date | between circa 1430 and circa 1440 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium |
paper, ink and paint |
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| Dimensions |
height: 245 mm (9.6 in) ; width: 185 mm (7.2 in) |
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| Collection |
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| Accession number |
Arabe 5036 (Bibliothèque nationale de France) |
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| Place of creation |
Samarkand |
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| Object history |
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| Source/Photographer |
http://warfare.6te.net/15/BnF-Arabe-5036-193v.htm Original work: 'Book of Fixed Stars' (Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) by ‛Abd al-Rahman ibn ‛Umar al-Ṣūfī. copy from c. 1430-1440, Samarkand. |
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| current | 14:13, 24 April 2020 | | 642 × 900 (68 KB) | HaEr48 | Cropped 14 % horizontally using CropTool with precise mode. |
| 13:12, 24 April 2020 |  | 746 × 900 (73 KB) | HaEr48 | Uploaded a work by {{Creator:Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi}} from http://warfare.6te.net/15/BnF-Arabe-5036-193v.htm Original work: 'Book of Fixed Stars' (Kitāb suwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita) by ‛Abd al-Rahman ibn ‛Umar al-Ṣūfī. copy from c. 1430-1440, Samarkand. Collection: Ms Arabe 5036 Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France with UploadWizard |
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