The Stars in the Sky and on the Globe: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿUmar al-Ṣūfī’s Visualization of the Heavens

By Sonja Brentjes

In this paper, I analyze about 50 manuscript copies of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿUmar al-Ṣūfī’s Book of the Images of the Stars (Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib althābita). I investigate how the constellations were visualized in those copies, what their changes…

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