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Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-thabita (Book of the Images of the Fixed Stars) of al-Sufi

`Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi

Date: 18th century
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Department: Islamic Art
Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi

Persian astronomer (903-986) · 903–986

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