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Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (Free Man's Guide to the Subtleties of Poetry) by Badr al-Din Jajarmi (d. 1287); The Zodiac constellation of Pisces, the moon, and two registers of birds; reverse: text: verses of poem
1341 (741 A.H.)

Isfahan, Iran
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: Signs of the Zodiac: Aries (al-Hamal), Taurus (al-Thawr); verso: Gemini (al-Taw'aman), Cancer (al-Saratan)
early 15th century

Iraq or Eastern Turkey
Folio from an 'Aja'ib al-makhluqat wa gharaib al-mawjudat (Wonders of creation and oddities of existence) by al-Qazvini (died 1283); recto: Illustration: A haloed figure enthroned; verso: text
ca.1590-1600

probably Qazvin, Iran
Folio from Aja'ib al-Makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) by al-Qazvini; recto: Signs of the Zodiac: Leo (al-Asad), Virgo (al-Sunbula); verso: Libra (al-Mizan), Scorpio (al-'Aqrab)
early 15th century

Iraq or Eastern Turkey
Folio from a Aja'ib al-makhluqat ("Wonders of Creation") by al-Qazvini
early 15th century

Iraq or Eastern Turkey
Folio from Kitab fi ma'arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari (d. 1206); recto: text, Water-powered clocks; verso: The face of a water clock with Zodiac signs
December 1315 (Ramadan 715 A.H.)

Probably Syria
Suwaru-l-kawakib (Description of the Fixed Stars) by 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (incomplete)
16th century

Probably Iran