Book of Wonders
The Kitab al-Bulhan كتاب البلهان, or Book of Wonders, is a 14th and 15th century Arabic manuscript compiled by Abd al-Hasan Al-Isfahani probably bound during the reign of Jalayirid Sultan Ahmad (1382-1410) at Baghdad. The texts are 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.[1][2]
Cancer or al-Saratan, one of the signs of the Zodiac depicted in the book
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A man, mounted on a camel, killing a dragon with a lance.
The Great Wall of Gog and Magog
Capricorn or al-Gadī, one of the signs of the Zodiac depicted in the book
Kitab al-Bulhan
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- Carboni, Stefano (2007), Venice and the Islamic world, Yale University Press, ISBN 9780300124309
- Isfahani (al-), Abd al-Hasan (1390), Kitab Al-Bulhan (MS) (in Arabic), Baghdad: Archive.org—International Exhibition of Persian Art London 1931, p. 367
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