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Book of Wonders

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Cancer or al-Saratan, one of the signs of the Zodiac depicted in the book

The Kitāb al-Bulhān (Arabic: كتاب البلهان), or Book of Wonders, is a 14th and 15th century Arabic manuscript,[1] compiled by Hassan Esfahani (Abd al-Hasan Al-Isfahani) probably bound during the reign of Jalayirid Sultan Ahmad (1382–1410) in Baghdad. The contents include subjects on astronomy, astrology and geomancy, including a section of full-page illustrations, with plates dedicated to the discourse topic, e.g. a folktale, a sign of the zodiac, a prophet, etc.[2][3]

Gallery

  • A man, mounted on a camel, killing a snake with a lance.

  • The baths of Tiberius. Men bathing while demons tend the furnace.

  • The Great Wall of Gog and Magog

  • Capricorn or al-Gadī, one of the signs of the Zodiac depicted in the book

  • Libra or al-Mīzan, one of the signs of the Zodiac depicted in the book

  • Kitab al-Bulhan

See also

  • The Book of Felicity

References

Citations

  1. ↑ "Kitab al-Bulhan". https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/kitab-al-bulhan-or-book-of-wonders-late-14thc. 
  2. ↑ Carboni 2007, p. 295.
  3. ↑ Al-Isfahani 1390.

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