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Stars of Science
(نجوم العلوم)

Title	Stars of Science
Title Original	نجوم العلوم
Publication Date:	978 AH/1570-71 AD
Publication Place	India, Bijapur - Chester Beatty Library
Subject	Colored pigments and gold on paper
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	25.8 × 16 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	CBL In 02
Record ID	object;EPM;ir;Mus21;40;ar
Library Location	Chester Beatty Library
Date	978 AH/1570-71 AD
Notes	Stars of Science is an abbreviation of Islamic and Indian beliefs relating primarily to horoscopes (astrology) and magic. Depending on the way it was composed, the manuscript contains between four hundred and approximately eight hundred illustrations, and the pages included here show the northern constellations. It is Andromeda (depicted as a woman), the horse, the sun in a chariot, signs of Berglio (the lion) with the phases and degrees of the moon, and Jupiter is depicted as an old king in procession and the ruler of the universe on his seven-tiered throne. The only other copy of this text is also known to have been produced in Bijapur about a hundred years ago and is also in the Chester Beatty Library.
Sample Text	“Stars of Science” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ir;Mus21;40;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	MWNF Working Number: IR 40

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Stars of Science

(نجوم العلوم)

Publication Date 978 AH/1570-71 AD

Publication Place India, Bijapur - Chester Beatty Library

Subject Colored pigments and gold on paper

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 25.8 × 16 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID CBL In 02

Record ID object;EPM;ir;Mus21;40;ar

Library Location Chester Beatty Library

Date 978 AH/1570-71 AD

Notes Stars of Science is an abbreviation of Islamic and Indian beliefs relating primarily to horoscopes (astrology) and magic. Depending on the way it was composed, the manuscript contains between four hundred and approximately eight hundred illustrations, and the pages included here show the northern constellations. It is Andromeda (depicted as a woman), the horse, the sun in a chariot, signs of Berglio (the lion) with the phases and degrees of the moon, and Jupiter is depicted as an old king in procession and the ruler of the universe on his seven-tiered throne. The only other copy of this text is also known to have been produced in Bijapur about a hundred years ago and is also in the Chester Beatty Library.

Sample Text “Stars of Science” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ir;Mus21;40;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi MWNF Working Number: IR 40