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Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
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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).
Date 19 October 2014, 22:21:43
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Source/Photographer Google Art Project Museum of Islamic Art, Doha

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