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MS PERSIAN 373

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  • Constellations of Perseus (left), Cygnus and Cassiopeia (right) from Persian Manuscript 373
  • Constellation of Argo Navis (ship) from Persian Manuscript 373
  • Mars, detail, from Persian Manuscript 373
  • The Sun (right), Leo and two lunar mansions (left) from Persian Manuscript 373
  • Mercury, sitting reading a book under a tree in bloom with birds in its branches, surrounded by the attributes of the profession of the scribe from Persian Manuscript 373
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Catalogue

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    MS Persian 373, folio 32 verso

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    MS Persian 373, folio 40 recto

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    Showing the last lunar mansion of Scorpio followed by the first degrees into which the sign was divided (from the top down, right to left). 1. A man with a spear in one hand and an eagle perched on the other; 2. A man with a stomach ache; 3. Depiction of flowing blood; 4. A horse; 5. A man tilling the earth to give water to the land; 6. A man beats his chest with his hand; 7. A man beats his head with his hand;, 8. A man digging in a mountain; 9. A scorpion and a snake from Persian Manuscript 373

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    MS Persian 373, folio 35 verso

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    MS Persian 373, folio 23 verso

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