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Stonehenge by Full Moon
early 20th-mid 20th century

Japan
Stonehenge at Dawn
early 20th century

Japan
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

Iraq or Eastern Turkey
Astrolabe
late 19th century

Iran
Folio from Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) by al-Qazvini; recto:Mule (Baghl); verso: Donkey (Himar)
early 15th century

Iraq or Eastern Turkey
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: Symbol of the Sun; verso: Diagram of the Eclipses of the Sun
early 15th century

Iraq or Eastern Turkey
Folio from Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) by al-Qazvini; recto: Kausaj Fish (al-Kausaj) of the Persian Sea; verso: Dragon Fish, Saw Fish, and Circular fish with a Spike in its Long Tail, of the Persian Sea
early 15th century

Iraq or Eastern Turkey
Folio from Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) by al-Qazvini; recto: Bat (Kuffash); verso: Francolin (Daraj), Rooster (Dik)
early 15th century

Iraq or Eastern Turkey
Folio from Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) by al-Qazvini; recto: Egyptian Thorn (Umm Gaylan), Ben Tree (Ban), Turpentine Tree (Butm); verso: Balm Tree (Balasan), Oak (Ballut)
early 15th century

Iraq or Eastern Turkey
Folio from Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) by al-Qazvini; recto: Giant Snake of Dragon (Thu'ban), Locust (Jarad); verso: Chameleon (Hirba')
early 15th century

Iraq or Eastern Turkey
Horse, folio from Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) by al-Qazvini
early 15th century

Iraq or Eastern Turkey
Astrolabe
late 19th century

Iran