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f. 7v, Sultan Murad III Marvels at the Manuscript
f. 8v, The Image of Aries
f. 10v, The Image of Taurus
f. 14v, The Image of Cancer
f. 16v, The Image of Leo
f. 20v, The Image of Libra
f. 24v, The Image of Sagittarius
f. 30v, The Image of Pisces
f. 33r, The Different Professions Associated with the Seven Planets
f. 33v, The exaltation and dejection of Saturn and Jupiter
f. 34r, The exaltation and dejection of Mars and the Sun
f. 34v, The exaltation and dejection of Venus and Mercury
f. 35r, The exaltation of the Moon and of the Head and the Tail and the dejection of the Moon
f. 36r, The Twenty-Eight Mansions of the Moon
f. 63r, On the science of physiognomy
f. 63r, On the science of physiognomy, translation
f. 63r, Traducción
f. 65v, On the physiognomy of womankind
f. 65v, On the physiognomy of womankind. Translation
f. 65v, Sobre la ciencia de la fisionomía de las mujeres, traducción
f. 65v, La science de la physionomie appliquée aux femmes et aux hommes - traduction
f. 66r, The Ikhtilajnama
f. 66r, The Ikhtilajnama (On spasms - Translation)
f. 66r, The Ikhtilajnama (On spasms - Translation)
f. 74v, The Image of the Qibla of the World, the Majestic Kacba
f. 75v, Alexander and Khidr Enter the Land of Darkness
f. 76r, the Wall of Gog and Magog
f. 76v, The Lighthouse of Alexandria
f. 77r, The Mosque of the Umayyads in Damascus
f. 79r, The Church of the Starlings
f. 79v, Sinbad and the Old Man of the Sea
f. 80r, The Abandoned Well
f. 81r, The Sorcerer’s Ship
f. 82v, The Baths of Tiberias
f. 83r, The Tale of the Land of the Tribe of Monkeys
f. 83v, A Man Killing a Snake
f. 84r, The Mountain of the Birds
f. 84v, The Valley of Sri Lanka and its Gems
f. 85v, The Talisman of King Maymun
f. 88v, The Talisman of the Red King
f. 90r, The Talisman of Fever
f. 90v, The Laughing Snake
f. 131v, The Divination of the Prophet Sulayman (Solomon)
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f. 85v, The Talisman of King Maymun
Maymun is the king of Sunday according to most authors, the day of the Sun, and is associated with the angel Rufaya’il and gold. He is the only king of the demons who has wings and is indeed described as “Maymun of the Clouds”. This is in fact a bit confusing because he is not an underground creature like the rest of the jinns.
Depicted between sets of lively clouds of Chinese inspiration, the demon’s upper body is shown with the same muscular body, armbands, bracelets and collar as Zawbaca (f. 85r). He has large open wings with gold and red feathers, red flames under his body and a monstrous head with a pointed beard, tusks, green eyes, goat ears and bovine horns. He holds in his hands, suspended in the air, the half-naked body of a sleeping man, perhaps to emphasize his demonic powers as a kidnapper of human beings. An Arab author of magical treatises, al-Buni, describes Maymun as “the winged one”, “the black one” and “the executioner”, perhaps meaning that he only kidnapped and executed evil human beings.
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