381' Dr. Dorn's Description of an Arabic Celestial Globe. 



1 8. jjacil ^^jsi\ The greater Horse. 



'Lttttos, nhaao;, Equus, Pegasus. 



This constellation, according to Sherif, comprises twenty stars, of wiiich 



six are pointed out by name on the globe. The pair in the neck are called 



»UJ1 Ax-: the beneficent star of the Hero : the two in the heart (^, ft,) C|L11 j*j 



tlie beneficent star of the brave Man ; and those in the right knee (i, ',) 



Jat sx^ the beneficent star of Rain. Further on, in the body, we meet with 



the word <-_>,*ll the Rope of a Bucket, applied to tlie two stars in the body 



(t, u^i the pair («, g,) that lies over them, is called *jJU]1 ijji\ the first aper- 



ture of the Bucket, in opposition to^i-jJl ij]] the second aperture ; which 

 we read across the body where it ends. 



19. ilLUl The Chain ; but probably mis-written for 

 .LLl_ll The chained Lady ; Andromeda. 



This asterism, according to Kazvini, contains twenty-three stars, be- 

 sides a bright one that is common to it and the navel of the horse; on the 

 globe I could only discover twenty. One star in the waist (g) is called 

 cijfcs-'l ^ii' the Belly of the Fish, which Ulugh Beg calls ^i—LJ,! i_^=- the side 

 of tlie Cliaincd Lady. The star of the third magnitude (?) in the foot, which 

 Ulugh Beg denominates iU—ll J».j the foot of the Chained Lady, is termed 

 on our globe ^J>3\ jLc, literally the Earth-goat, a species of lynx, called in 

 Persian ^J.^ il^. 



20. cJi^l The Triangle. 

 T^'iyuwv, J•£^Ta;To^, Triangulum. 

 It consists of four stars : the name of the star at the top of the figure is 

 so indistinctly written that I am not able to decypher it. Ulugh Beg, Tizini, 

 Kazvini, and Sherif, call it i^Ji^iJI ^Jj the point of the Triangle. 



The Si^ns of tlie Zodiac. 



The Zodiac was known to the Arabs under the name of ■rjji^^ ik.^ the 

 Girdle of the Castles : the word _.^JI , of which ~ij^\ is the plural, being 

 derived from the Greek riufyoj , a castle, and originally denoting a tower ; 

 as though the twelve compartments of the Zodiac were twelve castles, in 

 wliich the celestial signs were placed. 



