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Abstract
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 tell us about the contexts in which Ṣūfī’s book was used, and which iconographic model dominated the transmission.
Keywords:
- Arabic Astronomy,
- Al-Ṣūfī,
- Visualization of the Heavens,
- Iconographic Models,
- Sociocultural Contexts of Science
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