Pisces And Orion, Zodiacal
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Pisces And Orion, Zodiacal
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The zodiacal constellation of Pisces, in the middle, the southern constellation of Cetus shown here as a harpy wearing a crown, and, below, the constellation of Orion depicted as a man carrying a sword in his left hand and a shepherd's staff in his right. 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. The copy was made in 1537, probably in western India. Neither the copyist nor illustrator is named.
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March 13th, 2013
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