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Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Book of the constellations and fixed stars

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Abd al-Rahmān al-Sūfī (903-986)
Book of the constellations and fixed stars, 10th century
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Ms. Arabe 5036, ff. 40v-41r (facsimile)

This manuscript contains spectacular illustrations of the 48 constellations, with the stars graded in order of size. These pictures were enormously popular in the Islamic world.