Illustrations from 'Book of Fixed Stars' (Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-tabita) by 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Umar al-Sufi (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/al-Sufi.htm)
The manuscripts usually have 2 versions of each constellation - looking up from earth and looking down at a cellestial globe.
Manuscripts
Bodleian Library, Oxford, manuscript Marsh 144, 1009-10AD (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Bodley-Marsh144-1009AD.htm)
Cepheus (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Bodley-Marsh144-p62-Cepheus.htm)
Bootes (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Bodley-Marsh144-p70-Bootes.htm)
Hercules (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Bodley-Marsh144-p82-Hercules.htm)
Cassiopeia (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Bodley-Marsh144-p101-Cassiopeia.htm)
Perseus (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Bodley-Marsh144-p111-Perseus.htm)
Auriga (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Bodley-Marsh144-p120-Auriga.htm)
Serpentarius (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Bodley-Marsh144-p135-Serpentarius.htm)
Andromeda (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Bodley-Marsh144-p165-Andromeda.htm)
Andromeda (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Bodley-Marsh144-p169-Andromeda.htm)
Sagittarius (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Bodley-Marsh144-p273-Sagittarius.htm)
Aquarius (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Bodley-Marsh144-p295-Aquarius.htm)
Orion (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Bodley-Marsh144-p326-Orion.htm)
(http://forums.nexusmods.com/uploads//monthly_03_2013/post-5663681-0-94241500-1364366952.jpg)
Sotheby's - Lot 34 (or Doha), 1125AD (http://warfare.atwebpages.com/alSufi/Sothebys-Lot34-28C-Bootes.htm)
Bootes (http://warfare.atwebpages.com/alSufi/Sothebys-Lot34-28C-Bootes.htm)
Andromeda (http://warfare.atwebpages.com/alSufi/Sothebys-Lot34-77A-Andromeda.htm)
Suleymanie Library, Istanbul, Manuscript Fatih Kütüphanesi 3422, 1125AD (http://warfare.atwebpages.com/alSufi/Suleymanie-Fatih_3422-1125AD.htm)
Andromeda (http://warfare.atwebpages.com/alSufi/Suleymanie-Fatih_3422-fig61-Andromeda.htm)
Cassiopea (http://warfare.atwebpages.com/alSufi/Suleymanie-Fatih_3422-fig62-Cassiopea.htm)
Virgo (http://warfare.atwebpages.com/alSufi/Suleymanie-Fatih_3422-fig63-Virgo.htm)
Topkapi Sarayi, Istanbul, manuscript Ahmet III 3493, 1130-31AD (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Topkapi-A3493-1131AD.htm)
Andromeda_and_two_Arabian_fish (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Topkapi-A3493-10A-Andromeda_and_two_Arabian_fish.htm)
Perseus (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Topkapi-A3493-14B-Perseus.htm)
Cepheus (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Topkapi-A3493-19C-Cepheus.htm)
Aquarius (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Topkapi-A3493-52A-Aquarius.htm)
Virgo (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Topkapi-A3493-70B-Virgo.htm)
Virgo (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Topkapi-A3493-fig43-Virgo.htm)
Cassiopea (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Topkapi-A3493-fig44-Cassiopea.htm)
Orion (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Topkapi-A3493-fig45-Orion.htm)
(http://forums.nexusmods.com/uploads//monthly_03_2013/post-5663681-0-65354100-1364366991.jpg)
A North African 'Book of Fixed Stars' by al-Sufi (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Vatican_Library-Ross.1033-1224AD.htm)
Cepheus (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Vatican_Library-Ross.1033-Cepheus.htm)
Perseus (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Vatican_Library-Ross.1033-15B-Perseus.htm)
Auriga (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Vatican_Library-Ross.1033-fig73-Auriga.htm)
Virgo (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Vatican_Library-Ross.1033-fig76-Virgo.htm)
(http://forums.nexusmods.com/uploads//monthly_03_2013/post-5663681-0-64261000-1364367022.jpg)
Suleymanie Library, Istanbul, Ms Ayasofya 2595, 1249-50AD (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Ayasofya-2595-1250AD.htm)
Auriga (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Ayasofya-2595-fig48-Auriga.htm)
Cassiopea-B (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Ayasofya-2595-fig51-Cassiopea-B.htm)
Andromeda (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Ayasofya-2595-fig49-Andromeda.htm)
Heracles (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Ayasofya-2595-fig46-Heracles.htm)
British Library, London, manuscript Or.5323, 1260-80AD (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/BL-Or.5323-1260-80AD.htm)
Bootes (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/BL-Or.5323-28A-fol.13v-Bootes.htm)
Cepheus (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/BL-Or.5323-27A-fol.12r-Cepheus.htm)
Sagittarius (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/BL-Or.5323-48A-fol.53r-Sagittarius.htm)
Perseus (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/BL-Or.5323-76-fol.21v-Perseus.htm)
Serpens & Serpentarius (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/BL-Or.5323-92-fol.24v-Serpens-Serpentarius.htm)
Auriga (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/BL-Or.5323-31A-fol.22r-Auriga.htm)
Orion (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/BL-Or.5323-57-fol.63v-Orion.htm)
Andromeda (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/BL-Or.5323-39-fol.32v-Andromeda.htm)
Aquarius (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/BL-Or.5323-71-fol.58r-Aquarius.htm)
Dãr al-Kutub National Library, Cairo, Manuscript miqãt 390, c1300AD (http://warfare.atwebpages.com/alSufi/Cairo-Miqat_3906-c1300AD.htm)
Aquarius (http://warfare.atwebpages.com/alSufi/Cairo-Miqat_3906-Aquarius.htm)
Gemini (http://warfare.atwebpages.com/alSufi/Cairo-Miqat_3906-Gemini.htm)
Cepheus (http://warfare.atwebpages.com/alSufi/Cairo-Miqat_3906-Cepheus.htm)
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ms. Rogers Fund, 1913, c. 1400AD (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Metmuseum-Rogers-1913-c1400AD.htm)
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Ms Arabe 5036, c. 1430-1440AD, Samarkand (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036.htm)
Cepheus (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-38r.htm)
Bootes (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-43r.htm)
Heracles (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-50v.htm)
Cassiopea (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-62r.htm)
Perseus (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-67v.htm)
Auriga (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-73r.htm)
Serpens & Serpentarius (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-81v.htm)
Andromeda (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-98v.htm)
Gemini (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-126r.htm)
Virgo (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-144r.htm)
Sagittarius (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-162r.htm)
Aquarius (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-175r.htm)
Orion (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-193v.htm)
Argo navis (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-217r.htm)
Centaurus & Lupus (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-238r.htm)
(http://forums.nexusmods.com/uploads//monthly_03_2013/post-5663681-0-33110300-1364367087.jpg)
Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen ms Arabe 83, 1602AD, Medina (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83.htm)
Cepheus (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-19.htm)
Bootes (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-21v.htm)
Heracles (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-25.htm)
Cassiopea (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-31v.htm)
Perseus (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-34v.htm)
Auriga (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-37v.htm)
Serpens & Serpentarius (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-41.htm)
Andromeda (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-50v.htm)
Andromeda (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-52v.htm)
Andromeda (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-53v.htm)
Virgo (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-76v.htm)
Aquarius (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-93.htm)
Orion (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-101v.htm)
Argo navis (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-112.htm)
Ms. Garrett 2259 Yehuda, 1607AD (http://warfare.atspace.eu/alSufi/Garrett-2259-Yehuda.htm)
MIRROR SITE:
Illustrations from 'Book of Fixed Stars' (Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-tabita) by 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Umar al-Sufi (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/al-Sufi.htm)
Bodleian Library, Oxford, manuscript Marsh 144, 1009-10AD (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Bodley-Marsh144-1009AD.htm)
Cepheus (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Bodley-Marsh144-p62-Cepheus.htm)
Bootes (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Bodley-Marsh144-p70-Bootes.htm)
Hercules (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Bodley-Marsh144-p82-Hercules.htm)
Cassiopeia (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Bodley-Marsh144-p101-Cassiopeia.htm)
Perseus (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Bodley-Marsh144-p111-Perseus.htm)
Auriga (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Bodley-Marsh144-p120-Auriga.htm)
Serpentarius (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Bodley-Marsh144-p135-Serpentarius.htm)
Andromeda (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Bodley-Marsh144-p165-Andromeda.htm)
Andromeda (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Bodley-Marsh144-p169-Andromeda.htm)
Sagittarius (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Bodley-Marsh144-p273-Sagittarius.htm)
Aquarius (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Bodley-Marsh144-p295-Aquarius.htm)
Orion (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Bodley-Marsh144-p326-Orion.htm)
Sotheby's - Lot 34 (or Doha), 1125AD (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Sothebys-Lot34-28C-Bootes.htm)
Bootes (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Sothebys-Lot34-28C-Bootes.htm)
Andromeda (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Sothebys-Lot34-77A-Andromeda.htm)
Suleymanie Library, Istanbul, Manuscript Fatih Kütüphanesi 3422, 1125AD (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Suleymanie-Fatih_3422-1125AD.htm)
Andromeda (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Suleymanie-Fatih_3422-fig61-Andromeda.htm)
Cassiopea (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Suleymanie-Fatih_3422-fig62-Cassiopea.htm)
Virgo (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Suleymanie-Fatih_3422-fig63-Virgo.htm)
Topkapi Sarayi, Istanbul, manuscript Ahmet III 3493, 1130-31AD (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Topkapi-A3493-1131AD.htm)
Andromeda_and_two_Arabian_fish (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Topkapi-A3493-10A-Andromeda_and_two_Arabian_fish.htm)
Perseus (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Topkapi-A3493-14B-Perseus.htm)
Cepheus (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Topkapi-A3493-19C-Cepheus.htm)
Aquarius (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Topkapi-A3493-52A-Aquarius.htm)
Virgo (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Topkapi-A3493-70B-Virgo.htm)
Virgo (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Topkapi-A3493-fig43-Virgo.htm)
Cassiopea (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Topkapi-A3493-fig44-Cassiopea.htm)
Orion (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Topkapi-A3493-fig45-Orion.htm)
Vatican Library (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana), Manuscript Ross. 1033, North Africa 1224AD (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Vatican_Library-Ross.1033-1224AD.htm)
Cepheus (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Vatican_Library-Ross.1033-Cepheus.htm)
Perseus (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Vatican_Library-Ross.1033-15B-Perseus.htm)
Auriga (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Vatican_Library-Ross.1033-fig73-Auriga.htm)
Virgo (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Vatican_Library-Ross.1033-fig76-Virgo.htm)
Suleymanie Library, Istanbul, Ms Ayasofya 2595, 1249-50AD (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Ayasofya-2595-1250AD.htm)
Auriga (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Ayasofya-2595-fig48-Auriga.htm)
Cassiopea-B (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Ayasofya-2595-fig51-Cassiopea-B.htm)
Andromeda (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Ayasofya-2595-fig49-Andromeda.htm)
Heracles (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Ayasofya-2595-fig46-Heracles.htm)
British Library, London, manuscript Or.5323, 1260-80AD (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/BL-Or.5323-1260-80AD.htm)
Bootes (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/BL-Or.5323-28A-fol.13v-Bootes.htm)
Cepheus (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/BL-Or.5323-27A-fol.12r-Cepheus.htm)
Sagittarius (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/BL-Or.5323-48A-fol.53r-Sagittarius.htm)
Perseus (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/BL-Or.5323-76-fol.21v-Perseus.htm)
Serpens & Serpentarius (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/BL-Or.5323-92-fol.24v-Serpens-Serpentarius.htm)
Auriga (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/BL-Or.5323-31A-fol.22r-Auriga.htm)
Orion (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/BL-Or.5323-57-fol.63v-Orion.htm)
Andromeda (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/BL-Or.5323-39-fol.32v-Andromeda.htm)
Aquarius (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/BL-Or.5323-71-fol.58r-Aquarius.htm)
Dãr al-Kutub National Library, Cairo, Manuscript miqãt 390, c1300AD (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Cairo-Miqat_3906-c1300AD.htm)
Aquarius (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Cairo-Miqat_3906-Aquarius.htm)
Gemini (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Cairo-Miqat_3906-Gemini.htm)
Cepheus (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Cairo-Miqat_3906-Cepheus.htm)
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ms. Rogers Fund, 1913, c. 1400AD (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Metmuseum-Rogers-1913-c1400AD.htm)
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Ms Arabe 5036, c. 1430-1440AD, Samarkand (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036.htm)
Cepheus (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-38r.htm)
Bootes (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-43r.htm)
Heracles (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-50v.htm)
Cassiopea (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-62r.htm)
Perseus (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-67v.htm)
Auriga (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-73r.htm)
Serpens & Serpentarius (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-81v.htm)
Andromeda (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-98v.htm)
Gemini (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-126r.htm)
Virgo (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-144r.htm)
Sagittarius (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-162r.htm)
Aquarius (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-175r.htm)
Orion (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-193v.htm)
Argo navis (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-217r.htm)
Centaurus & Lupus (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/BnF-Arabe-5036-238r.htm)
Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen ms Arabe 83, 1602AD, Medina (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83.htm)
Cepheus (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-19.htm)
Bootes (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-21v.htm)
Heracles (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-25.htm)
Cassiopea (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-31v.htm)
Perseus (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-34v.htm)
Auriga (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-37v.htm)
Serpens & Serpentarius (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-41.htm)
Andromeda (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-50v.htm)
Andromeda (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-52v.htm)
Andromeda (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-53v.htm)
Virgo (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-76v.htm)
Aquarius (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-93.htm)
Orion (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-101v.htm)
Argo navis (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Copenhagen_ms_arabe_83-112.htm)
Ms. Garrett 2259 Yehuda, 1607AD (http://warfare.uphero.com/alSufi/Garrett-2259-Yehuda.htm)
Druzhina
Illustrations of Soldiers (http://warfare.co.nf/index.htm)
Different....But really fascinating !! :-bd
Have to compare some the star positions with current astronomical charts.
These old Illustrations put in far more stars than yours truly is familiar with.
Have to go out with the binoculars some time soon and have a good gander.
At least the light pollution out here is fairly minimal.
Great find D.
Cheers - Phil.
Light pollution is awful here! Can hardly see the minor constellations...