The King of the Crows conferring with his political advisors, a page from the Arabic version of Kalila wa dimna, dated 1210 CE.
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From Beyadh wa Riyadh, an Arabic love story from the 13th century.
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Arabic Star Lists, c. 1065
Earliest compilation of Ptolemy’s constellations, codified only in the 9th c., after it was published in Arabic
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An Arabic manuscript, dated 1200 CE, titled Anatomy of the Eye by al-Mutadibih
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Arabic astrology. Mansions of the Moon, miniature from an Ottoman survey of world history, ca, 1580 CE
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Libra - from the Book of Wonders, Kitab al Bulhan, composite manuscript in Arabic, late 14th century C.E., Abd al-Hasan Al-Isfahani
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Diagram of Heaven and Hell. Ottoman Empire, the Caucasus. 18th century
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The Mughal celestial globe of Muhammad Salih Tahtawi, inscribed with Arabic and Persian inscriptions, 1631(wax cast)
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Brass celestial globe, Muhammad ibn Mahmud ibn ‘Ali al-Tabari al-Asturlabi (Iran, 1286—6th oldest celestial globe)
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Mughal Emperor Jahangir holding a globe probably made by Muhammad Salih Tahtawi (see two images above), by: Abul Hasan Nadir al-Zaman 1617
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Shamsa bearing the name and titles of Emperor Shah Jahan (1594-1666), the fifth Mughal Emperor of India.
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Plane astrolabe, Arabic. 10th c, gilt brass; parchment & leather case, diameter: 165 mm
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Pages from an Arabic 17th century CE manuscript, which sets out instructions for the practical uses of an astrolabe
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Title page of the Acts of the Apostles, in Arabic,
Damascus, 1342
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illuminated album page: A Turbaned Youth, Persia, Safavid, 17th Century, with calligraphy signed by Muhammad Salih al-Husayni
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Portrait of Shāh Ṭahmasp from Walters Manuscript W.668, fol.4b
Album of Persian & Indian calligraphy & paintings
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The Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent
Calligraphy, from Constantinople
AD 1520–1566
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