Made in Arabic
Betelgeuse, Rigel, Algol
صُوَرُ الكواكب
A brass globe made by Ibrahim ibn Saʿid al-Sahli in Valencia, al-Andalus – one of the oldest celestial globes to survive. The figures of the constellations are engraved on it with their Arabic names, as in al-Sufi's book; and names of its stars live on in today's languages: Betelgeuse from yad al-jawzāʾ, Rigel from rijl al-jabbār, Algol from raʾs al-ghūl.
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- the celestial globe of Ibrahim ibn Saʿid al-Sahli, Valencia, 1085
The path between languagesyad al-jawzāʾ → Betelgeuse · rijl → Rigel · raʾs al-ghūl → Algol
See also: These stars in «Stars with Arabic Names»
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Sources
- Museo Galileo, Florence: Arabic celestial globe, Ibrahim ibn Saʿid al-Sahli, Valencia 1085
- Paul Kunitzsch & Tim Smart, A Dictionary of Modern Star Names
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