Английская Википедия: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 (Шаблон:Lang-ar), or Book of Wonders, is a 14th and 15th century Arabic manuscript, 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.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Gallery

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

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

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

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

• The Lighthouse of Alexandria

  The Lighthouse of Alexandria

• The Great Wall of Gog and Magog

  The Great Wall of Gog and Magog

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

  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

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

• Kitab al-Bulhan

  Kitab al-Bulhan

See also

• The Book of Felicity

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• Шаблон:Citation
• Шаблон:Citation

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