Book of the Images of the Fixed Stars of al-Sufi

Name: Book of the Images of the Fixed Stars of al-Sufi
Author: `Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi903, Rey, Iran - 986, Shiraz, Iran

Title	Book of the Images of the Fixed Stars of al-Sufi
Author	`Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi903, Rey, Iran - 986, Shiraz, Iran
Publication Date:	AH late 9th century /AD late 15th century
Publication Place	Attributed to Iran -
Subject	Timurids — Ink and gold on paper; leather binding
Type	kitap
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	Height: 25,8cm, width 18,1cm
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	13.160.10
Record ID	GalEx6_us_Mus82_22
Library Location	The Metropolitan Museum
Date	AH late 9th century /AD late 15th century
Notes	This book, based on the Almagest of the Greek astronomer Ptolemy, concerns the forty‑eight constellations known as the Fixed Stars, which, according to the medieval conception of the universe, inhabited the eighth of the nine spheres surrounding the earth. The constellations each appear twice in mirror image, shown as observed from the earth and from the sky.
Sample Text	Sold to the museum in 1913
Bu sayfanın künyesi	MWNF Working Number: GalEx6_US2_22
Seçili bibliyografya	The Metropolitan Museum of Art, D. S. Walker, A. P. Guadián, S. Babaie, S. Carboni, A. Froom, M. L. Swietochowski, T. Masuya, A. C. Daskalakis-Matthews, A. Kahli, and R. Kessler. "Colegio de San Ildefonso, Septiembre de 1994–Enero de 1995." InArte Islámico del Museo Metropolitano de Arte de Nueva York., Mexico City: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 1994.Carboni, S.,Following the Stars: Images of the Zodiac in Islamic Art., New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997.Ekhtiar, M., P. P. Soucek, S. R. Canby, and N. Haidar, ed.,Masterpieces from the Department of Islamic Art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art., 1st ed., New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011.Ekhtiar, M., and C. Moore, ed. "A Resource for Educators." InArt of the Islamic World., New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012.

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Book of the Images of the Fixed Stars of al-Sufi

Author `Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi903, Rey, Iran - 986, Shiraz, Iran

Publication Date AH late 9th century /AD late 15th century

Publication Place Attributed to Iran -

Subject Timurids — Ink and gold on paper; leather binding

Type kitap

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions Height: 25,8cm, width 18,1cm

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 13.160.10

Record ID GalEx6_us_Mus82_22

Library Location The Metropolitan Museum

Date AH late 9th century /AD late 15th century

Notes This book, based on the Almagest of the Greek astronomer Ptolemy, concerns the forty‑eight constellations known as the Fixed Stars, which, according to the medieval conception of the universe, inhabited the eighth of the nine spheres surrounding the earth. The constellations each appear twice in mirror image, shown as observed from the earth and from the sky.

Sample Text Sold to the museum in 1913

Bu sayfanın künyesi MWNF Working Number: GalEx6_US2_22

Seçili bibliyografya The Metropolitan Museum of Art, D. S. Walker, A. P. Guadián, S. Babaie, S. Carboni, A. Froom, M. L. Swietochowski, T. Masuya, A. C. Daskalakis-Matthews, A. Kahli, and R. Kessler. "Colegio de San Ildefonso, Septiembre de 1994–Enero de 1995." InArte Islámico del Museo Metropolitano de Arte de Nueva York., Mexico City: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 1994.Carboni, S.,Following the Stars: Images of the Zodiac in Islamic Art., New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997.Ekhtiar, M., P. P. Soucek, S. R. Canby, and N. Haidar, ed.,Masterpieces from the Department of Islamic Art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art., 1st ed., New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011.Ekhtiar, M., and C. Moore, ed. "A Resource for Educators." InArt of the Islamic World., New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012.