Kitāb-i Ṣuwar al-kawākib

Description:

Lacunose copy of an illustrated Persian translation of a book of astronomy, mostly focused on the constellations; constellation illustrations from two sides have been transferred by pounce and are sometimes not completely inked or painted (see f. 52v, for example). Others have been outlined by pricking (see f. 58 lower illustrations, for example).

subjects: Astronomy,  Early works to 1800,  Islamic astronomy,  Persian Manuscripts