Two leaves from a dispersed manuscript of al-Qazwini's Aja'ib al-makhluqat wa ghara'ib al-mujudat (The Wonders of Creation and Oddities of Existence), depicting the constellations Sagittarius and Hydra India, 17th Century Arabic manuscript on paper, 18 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink, headings written in larger naskhi script, other headings in red ink, inner margins ruled in red, in mounts obscuring outer margins, framed 190 x 125 mm.(2) Footnotes: Provenance The Shakerine Collection. The first leaf depicts Sagittarius (Kawkaba al-Qaws), depicted as a centaur; the second the constellation Hydra (Kawkabah al-Shuja'), depicted as a serpent, together with the constellation of the Cup (kawkab al-Batiyyah). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com