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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: Constellations Pegasus (al-Faras al-A'azam), Andromeda (al-Mar'at al-Musalsala); verso: Constellations Equus (The Horse/al-Faras), Triangulum (al-Muthalath)
early 15th century
Iraq or Eastern Turkey
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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: Constellations Corona Borealis (al-Fakka) , Hercules (al-Jathi), Lyre (al-Shalyaq), Cygnus (al-Taya'ir); verso: Constellations of Cassiopeia (Dhat al-Kursi) and Perseus (Barsiya'us)
early 15th century
Iraq or Eastern Turkey
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Sherd, cream body, opaque tin glaze; black and blue underglaze
mid 8th-mid 13th century
Basra (?), Iraq
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Sherd, cream body, opaque tin glaze; black and blue underglaze
mid 8th-mid 13th century
Basra (?), Iraq
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Folio from a Aja'ib al-makhluqat ("Wonders of Creation") by al-Qazvini
early 15th century
Iraq or Eastern Turkey
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Sycamore (Jummayz) and Walnut (Jawz); folio from a Aja'ib al-makhluqat ("Wonders of Creation") by al-Qazvini
early 15th century
Iraq or Eastern Turkey