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Following the Stars Images of the Zodiac in Islamic Art
Following the Stars: Images of the Zodiac in Islamic Art
Carboni, Stefano
1997
48 pages
45 illustrations
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Stefano Carboni
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Tray with Sun Symbol
14th century
Candlestick
late 13th–first half 14th century
Basin with Zodiac Signs and Royal Titles
late 13th–early 14th century
Tray Made for the Rasulid Sultan al-Mu'ayyad Da'ud ibn Yusuf
early 14th century
Ewer Base with Zodiac Medallions
first half 13th century
Pen Box
13th century
Bowl with Courtly and Astrological Motifs
late 12th–early 13th century
Mortar and Pestle made for Abu Bakr 'Ali Malikzad al-Tabrizi
late 12th–early 13th century
Ewer
ca. 1180–1210
Group of Zodiac Coins--Aries, Leo, Pisces, Taurus, Capricorn
dated 1027 AH/1617–18 CE
Coin
dated 1028 AH/1619 CE
Coin with Gemini Zodiac Sign
dated 1027 AH/1618 CE
Coin with Sign of Cancer
1032 AH?/1622–23 CE
Coin with Sign of Libra
dated 1034 AH/1625 CE
Coin
dated 1031 AH/1621–22 CE
Coin
dated 1028 AH/1619 CE
Coin with Sign of Leo
dated 1033 AH/1624 CE
Coin
dated 1030 AH/1621 CE
Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi
Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi
dated 741 AH/1340–41 CE
Inkwell with Zodiac Signs
early 13th century
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