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You are using an outdated browser which only supports limit site usage! Toggle navigation World Digital Library Explore Place Time Period Topic Type of Item Language Institution Timelines Interactive Maps Themes Arabic and Islamic Science and Its Influence on the Western Scientific Tradition Meeting of Frontiers Library of Congress With the support of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization View this page in another language View this page in another language العربية English Español Français Português Русский 简体中文 Search 19,147 items about 193 countries between 8000 BCE and 2000 : Search Map of the World Featured Items People of Many Nations Map of Nauru or Pleasant Island One Million Small Wooden Pagodas and Dharani Prayers The Riding Camel (hajīn) of Sharīf Yaḥya, One of the Sons of Sharīf Aḥmad, Whose Father Was the Famous Great Sharīf Abd èl-Muṭṭalib Who Died in 1886 ... with Saddle Covers (batāt) That Are Richly Embroidered with Silver. The Bridle Is Held by the Slave of Yaḥja; near Whom Yaḥja Himself Is Standing in Rider Outfit, and to the Left Are Two Sharīfs of Lesser Rank in Long Outfits Typical Inhabitants of the Province of Medellín View all 19,147 items Featured Institutions National Academic Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan, ... 15 items Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and the Ca... 20 items University of Hawaii at Manoa Library 1 item Royal Library (The), Denmark 10 items Recently Added Items Babylonian Talmud Map of the Kuril Islands with Surrounding Areas Eastern Part of the Yakutsk District Map of the Siberian Provinces, Containing the Provinces o... Highlights Al-Sufi’s “Book of the Constellations of the Fixed Stars,” followed by Maxims, and al-Qazwini’s “The Wonders of Creation” This manuscript volume preserves two works. The first is a 14th-century copy of Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib (Book of the constellations of the fixed stars) by ʻAbd al-Rahman ibn ʻUmar al-Sufi (903–86). The second is a 17th-century Ottoman Turkish translation of the first part (on the supra-terrestrial creatures) of Kitāb ‘Ajā’ib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharā’ib al-mawjūdāt (The wonders of creation), a two-part cosmography by Zakariya Ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (1203–83). Inserted between the two works are four pages of maxims attributed to various authors, including Plato, Jesus, Muhammad, and Ali. Al-Sufi, known in the West as Azophi, was born in Persia (present-day Iran) and worked in Isfahan and in Baghdad. He is known for his translation from Greek into Arabic of the Almagest by the ancient astronomer Ptolemy. The book presented here is his most famous work, written around 964. In this work, al-Sufi describes the 48 constellations that were established by Ptolemy and adds criticisms and corrections of his own. For each of the constellations, he provides the indigenous Arabic names for their stars, drawings of the constellations, and a table of stars showing their locations and magnitude. Al-Sufi’s book spurred further work on astronomy in the Arabic and Islamic worlds, and exercised a huge influence on the development of science in Europe. The work was frequently copied and translated. Al-Qazwini was born in the Persian town of Qazwin and worked as a legal expert and judge in Persia and Iraq. He is also known for his geographical dictionary, Ā thār al-bilād wa-akhbār al-‘ibād (Monument of places and history of God's bondsmen), which like this cosmography reflects learning in a wide range of disciplines. The Wonders of Creation enjoyed great popularity in the Arab world and was transmitted in numerous copies for centuries. The author of the Turkish translation is unknown, but the effort appears to have been dedicated to the Ottoman sultan Mustafa I (1591–1639). More… Latest Tweets from the World Digital Library Latest Tweets from the World Digital Library Home About Help Contact Legal API Statistics Donate Financial Contributors For Partners Follow @WDLorg...