1848.] Ibn Qotaybafts Adab al K&tib* on Arabic Astronomy. 679 



the simak). This mansion is between the southern and northern 

 mansions. 



15. Ghafr — three very small stars on a curved line ; astronomers place 

 them between the thighs of Leo. Prophets are born at the nawo of 

 this mansion, which takes place in April. 



16. Zobaniyan — two bright stars; astronomers place them in the 

 scales of Libra. They are the length of a man asunder. The Arabs 

 say: Ul^A 4v»U ^ <Jx[> [il& &\±e^dSJybdJ\&bA.\ ^jbjf *U, J^f. 



"When the zobany rises, time assumes a new shape for every one 

 that has eyes, and easy for every animal." 



17. Iklyl (crown), three stars about one cubit asunder, behind the 

 ghafr. They are like a crown upon Scorpio. They are with astro- 

 nomers on the beam of Libra. The Arabs say: J^ $\ *li, \&\ 

 J^wfi \z*9j±? J^j^I c*j+£> j J I s - I o^Ia # "When the crown rises 

 on male animals in heat and rivers dry up." 



18. Qalb — a red bright twinkling star, near two small stars, called 

 ^.l&h ^jUj (the vein and artery which issue from the heart) by the 

 Bedouins. Astronomers place this star in the heart of the Scorpion. 

 There are four constellations which are called heart «-*!*» first the heart 

 of the scorpion, simply called the heart, which has just been mentioned ; 

 second &x*-Jl i-*l* a third ^yJl wii, fourth ^^i c-Jj. 



19. Shawlah ; several stars in a curved line resembling the raised tail 

 of a Scorpion, among these are two small stars close together like a 

 double star; one of them is called by the Bedouins S^< and the other 

 4+a. ; close behind them is another star called j/ti. Some people say 

 the moon does not enter the shawlah but remains before it. Some- 

 times she takes up her mansions in the j&>, which is between the qalb 

 and shawlah, and consists of six white stars in a curved line. 



20. Na'ayim — eight stars, the four southern of them are bright, and 

 form an irregular square, and are called &£jj, this is the station of the 

 moon. Waridah means sheep ; or cattle going to drink water, and this 

 name has been given to these stars because they are close to the milky-way, 

 which is likened to a river. The other four stars are called %j^^\ fUiJI 

 (i. e. returned from drinking water), because they are some distance 

 from the milkyway. Astronomers place the waridah in the hand of 

 Sagittarius, with which he pulls the bow. 



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