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Description: The constellation Andromeda from al-Sufi’s Treatise on the Fixed Stars

TitleThe constellation Andromeda from al-Sufi’s Treatise on the Fixed Stars

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureUnknown

Creator roleArtist

Creation date1009–1010

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsInk and color on paper

DimensionsUnknown

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford

https://iiif.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/iiif/viewer/c1caa84c-f6d2-483f-9eb4-2439cccdc801#?

Accession numberMs. Marsh 144, p. 165

SubjectsAndromeda (Constellation)Astronomy in artIslamic astrologyIslamic illumination of books and manuscripts

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Chapter 4: Paper and Systems of Notation

Jonathan M. Bloom

Paper Before Print: The History and Impact of Paper in the Islamic World

The spread of paper from Baghdad, the Abbasid capital, in the late eighth and early ninth centuries coincided not only with expanded literary production on many subjects and an absolute increase in the number of books but also with the development of several systems of notation. The attempt to create graphic analogues of human activities was in itself nothing new in human history, but the...

Author

Jonathan M. Bloom

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.125-159

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00217.005

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20572&redirecttoanchor=57035

Chapter subject tags:MathematicsPapermaking--HistoryCartographyIslamic Empire--HistoryCommerce

Chapter 4: Eastern Islamic Lands

Richard Ettinghausen, Oleg Grabar, Marilyn Jenkins-Madina

Islamic Art and Architecture: 650–1250

The history and culture of Iran and central Asia during the first centuries of Islamic rule are difficult to sketch succinctly and clearly. Nominally, this vast area consisted of several provinces ruled by governors appointed in...

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Richard Ettinghausen, Oleg Grabar, Marilyn Jenkins-Madina

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.105-130

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00202.004

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20112&redirecttoanchor=57035

Chapter subject tags:Islamic architecture--IranMausoleumsSamanid dynasty, 9th-10th centuriesPottery, IranianIslamic art metal-work

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