Folio from a copy of Aja'ib al-makhluqat wa ghara'ib al-mawjudat (The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence) by Zakariyya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (d.1283); recto: Constellation al-Dubb al-Akbar or Ursa Major (Greater Bear or Big Dipper), Draco (al-Tinnin); verso: Cepheus (Qifa'us), Bootes (al-'Awwa')
| Müellif | Zakariyya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (1203-1283) |
| Materyal türü | Yazma eser |
| Dil | Naskh script |
| Tarih | early 15th century |
| Kurum | Smithsonian Institution |
| Kaynak | DPLA |
| Not | The Ajaib al-makhluqat wa Gharaib al-mawjudat (Wonders of Creation and Oddities of Existence), was written by al-Qazvini (1202-1283, the qadi (judge) of Wasit and Hilla during the reign of the last Abbasid caliph, al-Mustusim (r. 1241-58). The manuscript is divided into two parts that explore heaven |
Zakariyya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (1203-1283), Folio from a copy of Aja'ib al-makhluqat wa ghara'ib al-mawjudat (The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence) by Zakariyya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (d.1283); recto: Constellation al-Dubb al-Akbar or Ursa Major (Greater Bear or Big Dipper), Draco (al-Tinnin); verso: Cepheus (Qifa'us), Bootes (al-'Awwa'), early 15th century, Smithsonian Institution, http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye36ba0544a-ae10-4932-a489-507393a4838b.