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Extremly rare arabic manuscript astrology 17 th
Extremly rare arabic manuscript astrology 17 th
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Extremly rare arabic manuscript astrology 17 thThis text and this diagram was written to train scholars in the field of astronomy, a science whose Islamic tradition goes back to Adam and the prophet Idris.  The author explains how to use the movements of the stars to calculate the beginning of the seasons and how to launch horoscopes, among many other very complex aspects of astronomy.  A diagram with annotations showing the rotation of the heavens is displayed.Only one same, more recent diagram is known.  He is at Library of Congress.Please see:Nasir al-Din Abou al-Abbas Ahmad ibn al-Hajj al-Amin al-Tawathi al-Ghalawi . Kashf al-Ghummah et Nafa al-Ummah(The important stars among the multitude of heavens), copied in 1733. Loaned by the Mamma Haidara Memorial Library, Timbuktu, Mali at the Library of Congress (Washington)
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