Book of the constellations (Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thābita), by `Abd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī (d. 986)

İsim	Book of the constellations (Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thābita), by `Abd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī (d. 986)
Basım Tarihi:	1600-1650
Tür	Belge
Dil	Arapça
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Evet
Fiziksel Boyutlar	256 mm x 171 mm x 29 mm (height x width x depth)
Kütüphane:	Chester Beatty
Kayıt Numarası	Ar 4222
Lokasyon	Arabic collection
Tarih	1600-1650
Notlar	Book of the constellations (Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thābita), by `Abd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī (d. 986). For many centuries, astronomers in west Asia retained, reviewed and revised inherited scientific models, but kept an open mind. In this book on the constellations, for example, the Iranian astronomer `Abd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī (d. 986, Baghdad) referred carefully to the star catalogue recorded by Ptolemy in the second century AD (Ptolemy in turn drew from his own predecessors), and also compared that scientific system to the star-names used in Arab folk astronomy. Al-Ṣūfī's book discussed the forty-eight "classical" constellations (including the Zodiac constellations), recorded their celestial longitude and latitude positions (in the star tables here), and provided two mirror-images of each constellation. These two twin images explained visually how the stars have long been imagined as fixed to a single sphere around the Earth: looking into the night sky, you will see into this sphere from the curved "inside". However, if you looked at the same constellation on a three-dimensional model of that starry sphere (familiar as the celestial globe), you would be seeing that constellation from the "outside", and it would therefore be a mirror image of the "inside" view. Illustrating the two versions side by side, al-Ṣūfī labelled each to show which was "as seen in the sky" and which "as seen on the globe". Copies of al-Ṣūfī's renowned treatise, including translations into other languages, continued to be produced for many centuries after his death. Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, 173 folios, Arabic text in naskh script, with labelled constellation figures and star tables throughout, Book of the Constellations (Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thābita) by Abū al-Ḥusayn `Abd al-Raḥmān ibn `Umar al-Ṣūfī (Rayy 903- 986 Baghdad), unsigned, probably Isfahan, Iran, undated, c. 1600-1650.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Codex
Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri	Unknown, Isfahan
Yazı Tipi	Naskh script

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Book of the constellations (Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thābita), by `Abd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī (d. 986)

Basım Tarihi 1600-1650

Tür Belge

Dil Arapça

Dijital Evet

Yazma Evet

Fiziksel Boyutlar 256 mm x 171 mm x 29 mm (height x width x depth)

Kütüphane Chester Beatty

Kayıt Numarası Ar 4222

Lokasyon Arabic collection

Tarih 1600-1650

Notlar Book of the constellations (Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thābita), by `Abd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī (d. 986). For many centuries, astronomers in west Asia retained, reviewed and revised inherited scientific models, but kept an open mind. In this book on the constellations, for example, the Iranian astronomer `Abd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī (d. 986, Baghdad) referred carefully to the star catalogue recorded by Ptolemy in the second century AD (Ptolemy in turn drew from his own predecessors), and also compared that scientific system to the star-names used in Arab folk astronomy. Al-Ṣūfī's book discussed the forty-eight "classical" constellations (including the Zodiac constellations), recorded their celestial longitude and latitude positions (in the star tables here), and provided two mirror-images of each constellation. These two twin images explained visually how the stars have long been imagined as fixed to a single sphere around the Earth: looking into the night sky, you will see into this sphere from the curved "inside". However, if you looked at the same constellation on a three-dimensional model of that starry sphere (familiar as the celestial globe), you would be seeing that constellation from the "outside", and it would therefore be a mirror image of the "inside" view. Illustrating the two versions side by side, al-Ṣūfī labelled each to show which was "as seen in the sky" and which "as seen on the globe". Copies of al-Ṣūfī's renowned treatise, including translations into other languages, continued to be produced for many centuries after his death. Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, 173 folios, Arabic text in naskh script, with labelled constellation figures and star tables throughout, Book of the Constellations (Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thābita) by Abū al-Ḥusayn `Abd al-Raḥmān ibn `Umar al-Ṣūfī (Rayy 903- 986 Baghdad), unsigned, probably Isfahan, Iran, undated, c. 1600-1650.

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold

Nesne Adı Codex

Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri Unknown, Isfahan

Yazı Tipi Naskh script