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The Book of Fixed Stars
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Unknown, Iraq, 1100-1125 (Iraq)
Title
The Book of Fixed Stars
title QS:P1476,en:"The Book of Fixed Stars"
label QS:Len,"The Book of Fixed Stars"
Object type manuscript
object_type QS:P31,Q87167
Description
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 (1100 - 1125)
Dimensions height: 50 mm (1.96 in); width: 185 mm (7.28 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,50U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,185U174789
The Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar
Current location
Level Floor 2 / الطابق 2 (Details of level on Google Art Project) room Gallery 9 (Details of room on Google Art Project)
Accession number
MS.2.1998
Notes More info at museum site
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Source/Photographer Museum of Islamic Art, Doha

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