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Detail, depiction of the constellation Perseus as Hamil ra’s al-ghul (Bearer of the Demon’s Head), from a manuscript containing selections from al-Sufi’s Kitab Suwar al-kawakib (Images of the Constellations), ink, watercolor, and gold on paper, Aurangabad, Deccan, India, 1644 CE, Sultans of Deccan India 1500-1700, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (photo credit: Michael Pregill).

Detail, depiction of the constellation Perseus as Hamil ra’s al-ghul (Bearer of the Demon’s Head), from a manuscript containing selections from al-Sufi’s Kitab Suwar al-kawakib (Images of the Constellations), ink, watercolor, and gold on paper, Aurangabad, Deccan, India, 1644 CE, Sultans of Deccan India 1500-1700, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (photo credit: Michael Pregill).

Detail, depiction of the constellation Perseus as Hamil ra’s al-ghul (Bearer of the Demon’s Head), from a manuscript containing selections from al-Sufi’s Kitab Suwar al-kawakib (Images of the Constellations), ink, watercolor, and gold on paper, Aurangabad, Deccan, India, 1644 CE, Sultans of Deccan India 1500-1700, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (photo credit: Michael Pregill).

Detail, depiction of the constellation Perseus as Hamil ra’s al-ghul (Bearer of the Demon’s Head), from a manuscript containing selections from al-Sufi’s Kitab Suwar al-kawakib (Images of the Constellations), ink, watercolor, and gold on paper, Aurangabad, Deccan, India, 1644 CE, Sultans of Deccan India 1500-1700, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (photo credit: Michael Pregill).

Detail, depiction of the constellation Perseus as Hamil ra’s al-ghul (Bearer of the Demon’s Head), from a manuscript containing selections from al-Sufi’s Kitab Suwar al-kawakib (Images of the Constellations), ink, watercolor, and gold on paper, Aurangabad, Deccan, India, 1644 CE, Sultans of Deccan India 1500-1700, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (photo credit: Michael Pregill).

Detail, depiction of the constellation Perseus as Hamil ra’s al-ghul (Bearer of the Demon’s Head), from a manuscript containing selections from al-Sufi’s Kitab Suwar al-kawakib (Images of the Constellations), ink, watercolor, and gold on paper, Aurangabad, Deccan, India, 1644 CE, Sultans of Deccan India 1500-1700, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (photo credit: Michael Pregill).