Wonders of creation, The moon, according to the description similar to the sign of Gemini, represented by two angels embracing each other, A Persian version of the famous 'Wonders of creation' (ʿAjā’ib al-makhlūqāt) by Zakariyāʾ al-Qazwīnī (d. 682 AH / 1283 CE). Composed by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (fl. 6th century AH /12th CE), this manuscript, which may have been copied by an Iranian scribe, was illustrated with 181 miniatures (including a double-page map of the world) by several artists probably in Turkey in the 10th century AH / 16th CE

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