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THE LUNAR MANSIONS OF THE MUHAMMADANS.
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being the same as between the web Shartin of the first mansion. Among the Arabs the mansion is called to go Zerda' mabsût, i.e. stretched arm (here foreleg) of the Lion, with the star Regulus-a European corruption from Ja, Rijl, foot (not Rigel in the foot of Orion), to distinguish it from the Legião es Zerka' maķbûy of Canis major, in which Sirius is situated.
4, 6, K, on the foot of Virgo; but, according to some, only two stars.
XVI. ; Zubani. The name of this mansion is no doubt Persian, designating "the tongue" of the scales; now, however, it is in the pans, and consists of a and B Libro; often they are designated by the dual wuj Zubânian or
,Zubanetan زبانتان
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VIII. B Nasrat, called also show yleil Anf allasad, nose of the lion; twosmall stars in Cancer, called the two nostrils; they have between them a nebulous star which is by some called the lair of Leo; but the Greeks are said to have named these two little stars the two asses, and the nebula between them their manger (Presepe).
IX. ds gb Tarfat, i.e. the eye; this is a Leonis, with the outsider &.
X. Jabhat, i.e. forehead of the lion; properly y Leonis, spelt in European catalogues Al Gieba, is the name of this mansion, which consists of four stars forming an irregular quadrangle.
XVII. 15 Eklil or Efser, i.e. diadem, consists of three bright stars on the head of Scorpio, forming a somewhat curved line.
XVIII. wiell i Kalb alalırab, Cor Scorpionis, a red twinkling star; before it is another smaller star, and also after it, three forming a somewhat curved line.
XIX. Shulat, meaning the erect tail of the Scorpion, and consisting of and Scorpionis, in the sting of the scorpion.
xx. Pili Na'âim, i.e. ostriches, consisting of four bright stars forming a quadrangle in the constellation Sagittarius; but the Arabs compared the Milky Way to a river, and these stars to ostriches coming to drink water. They were formerly called spil Na'kim våred, 1.0. arriving ostriches, whilst four other stars, opposite to them and likewise fortning a quadrangle, were called a low Na'lim şåder, i.e. ostriches returning from the water.
XXI. Baldat, the region, &c. This is said to be a tract of the sky without any stars, and to have therefore been compared to a desert, as well as to the interval between the two eyebrows of a man, which is likewise called Baldat. This mansion consists of six stars called is 36 killádat-a necklace, forming a curve on the western border of this area situated between the plaj Na'âim and the floor Sa'd algâbih, i.e. the 20th and the 22nd mansions.
XXII. lá dier Sa'd al-qabih ; Sa'd, the slayer. Two stars close to each other,--they are not bright,--and near them is a third ; the Arabs say that this is the sheep which Sa'd slayg. These three stars are all on the head of Capricornus.
XXIII. el de Sa'd bala', Sa'd has swallowed. Two stars on the left hand of Aquarius, and between them a third.
XI. Ej Zubarat; two stars between the shoulders of the lion, i.e. 8 and 8 Leonis.
XII. igual Alşarfat. According to some this is Cor Leonis, and according to others was Zenebor, the tail-spelt Denib in European starmaps; some call it also dula Hulbat, bristles or hairs, viz. at the end of the tail, but some stars in Ursa Major are also called by this latter name.
XIII. A’wwâ. The "Wow-wow" of dogs. Four stars in a curve from north to south, where they present the appearance of the letter Lam J : they are on the breast of Virgo, and the Arabs say they are dogs barking after the lion.
XIV. Jie i Slow Semâk alla'zal. This is Spica Virginis, which before the translation of Ptolemy's Almagest by the Arabs was considered to be on the two legs of Leo, but after that all
siu the translators agreed to call it alsin Sunbulat, the Sheaf, and the whole constellation (which is the sixth of the Zodiac) the Virgin.
XV. ris Ghafr: Young wild kid, the stars
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