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  • Persian Manuscript 373
  • Persian Manuscript: MS 478
  • Persian Manuscript, 13th century.
  • Mars, detail, from Persian Manuscript 373
  • The Sun from Persian Manuscript 373
  • Folio 92 verso, Persian Manuscript 288
  • Folio 279 recto, Persian Manuscript 135
  • Persian manuscript, Book of Birth of Iskandar
  • Ahmad b Yusuf al-Tifashi, Persian manuscript
  • Constellation of Argo Navis (ship) from Persian Manuscript 373
  • Constellations of Ursa Major, detail, from Persian Manuscript 373
  • Constellations of Perseus (left), Cygnus and Cassiopeia (right) from Persian Manuscript 373
  • The Sun (right), Leo and two lunar mansions (left) from Persian Manuscript 373
  • Capricorn and Aquarius with two lunar mansions in Capricorn from Persian Manuscript 373
  • Constellations of Ursa Major (right), Draco and Cepheus (left) from Persian Manuscript 373
  • Constellation of Perseus, holding a severed head and sword, from Persian Manuscript 373
  • Saturn, seven-armed and cross-legged, sitting on an elephant from Persian Manuscript 373
  • Venus (right), Taurus, Libra and three lunar masions of Taurus (left) from Persian Manuscript 373
  • Two monkeys taken from a Persian manuscript on the natural sciences in Nasta'liq script
  • An Indian Elephant taken from a Persian manuscript on the natural sciences in Nasta'liq script
  • A blue horse taken from a Persian manuscript on the natural sciences in Nasta'liq script
  • Detail; Descending node of the lunar orbit (The Tail), represented as a headless human, from Persian Manuscript 373
  • Folio 101 recto, Persian manuscript 48. Exordium of the second 'rukn' on 'mu'amalat' from the 'Kamiya-yi sa'adat
  • Folio 7 recto, Persian manuscript, book on the horse: on the characteristics of black horses with white patches on forehead, lower lip and three feet
  • Mercury, sitting reading a book under a tree in bloom with birds in its branches, surrounded by the attributes of the profession of the scribe from Persian Manuscript 373
  • The four supporters (angels) of the celestial throne, detail, from Persian Manuscript 373. One has the head of a human while the other three have heads of an eagle, a lion and an ox.
  • Showing the last lunar mansion of Scorpio followed by the first degrees into which the sign was divided (from the top down, right to left). 1. A man with a spear in one hand and an eagle perched on the other; 2. A man with a stomach ache; 3. Depiction of flowing blood; 4. A horse; 5. A man tilling the earth to give water to the land; 6. A man beats his chest with his hand; 7. A man beats his head with his hand;, 8. A man digging in a mountain; 9. A scorpion and a snake from Persian Manuscript 373
  • [Wellcome MS Persian 474].
  • [Wellcome MS Persian 474].
  • Muscular system, Avicenna, Canon of Medicine