Constellations, 17th Century

Five southern constellations (from the top): Hydra, Corvus, Centaurus with Lepus (usually a hare, but here a yellow long-tailed cat), and, at the bottom, Lupus (al-sa, a wild beast) shown as a pink tiger. From Aja'ib al-makhluqat wa-ghara'ib al-mawjudat (Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing) by Abu Yahya Zakariya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (1203-1283) an Arab physician, astronomer, geographer and proto-science fiction writer. Neither the copyist nor illustrator is named, and the copy is undated. The nature of paper, script, ink, illumination, and illustrations suggest that it was produced in provincial Mughal India, possibly the Punjab, in the 17th century

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1537 Ajaib Al Makhluqat Al Mawjudat Al Qazwini Al-makhluqat Al-mawjudat Al-qazwini Arabic Aspects Astronomical Centaurus Constellation Corvus Cosmological Cosmology Existing Ghara Hydra Lepus Long Tailed Long-tailed Lupus Makhluqat Marvels Mawjudat Miraculous Muhammad Qazwini Tailed Treatise Wa-gharaib Yahya Zakariya Zodiac Zodiacal

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