Astrological Decans and Zodiacal Illustrations

The manuscript spread contains twenty-four individual circular medallions arranged in grids across two pages, each containing a miniature illustration representing specific astrological degrees or decans. The figures include human practitioners, warriors, seated individuals, a white horse, a monkey, a snake, and zodiac symbols like the lion and scorpion, rendered in a traditional Persian style with fine line work and muted pigments. The surrounding parchment is heavily annotated with Persian script in black ink, describing the properties or significations of each degree. The composition is structured as a technical, instructional manual, likely serving an astrological practitioner.

These images represent the 'faces' or decans of the zodiac, a core component of medieval and early modern Hellenistic-Persian astrology, used for calculating the efficacy of talismans and the specific nature of stellar influences. The iconography relates directly to the 'Picatrix' (Ghayat al-Hakim) or similar treatises on astral magic and judicial astrology circulating in the Islamic world.