Folio from Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) by al-Qazvini; recto: Constellations of the Southern Hemisphere: Corvus (al-Ghurab), Centaurus (Qanturis); verso: Lupus (al-Saba'), Ara (al-Mijmara), Corona Austrina
| 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 | Both Corvus, "The Raven," and Centaurus, "The Centaur," are constellations of the southern hemisphere. Corvus is composed of seven stars while Centaurus, whose forepart is made up of a man and hindpart of a horse, consists of 37. Al-Kazwini records that the last two stars of Centaurus are called "th |
Zakariyya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (1203-1283), Folio from Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) by al-Qazvini; recto: Constellations of the Southern Hemisphere: Corvus (al-Ghurab), Centaurus (Qanturis); verso: Lupus (al-Saba'), Ara (al-Mijmara), Corona Austrina, early 15th century, Smithsonian Institution, http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye33e2132e1-5d1d-435b-b588-56e71a28fc5b.