Constellation Ophiuchus as pictured in the Azophi (al Sufi) manuscript, Suwar al-Kawakib [Kitab Suwar Al-Kawakib]; The Book of the Constellations and Fixed Stars (copy 1730), Abd al-Rahman ibn Umar al-Sufi, circa 964.
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Abd al-Raḥmân al-Ṣoûfî, Catalogue of the fixed stars, 18th century, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Arabe 2492, f. 133v. [x]
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