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	[[File:KEE Jordanus piece hi.JPG\|alt=historical globe gores (1612)\|thumb\|Globe gores of the 1612 celestial globe by van den Keere & Plancius on which Plancius introduced his last set of biblically inspired constellations, including Jordanus (highlighted). Note that the year 1625 mentioned in one of the cartouches is not the year of publication but the epoch for which the stellar coordinates were plotted.]]		[[File:KEE Jordanus piece hi.JPG\|alt=historical globe gores (1612)\|thumb\|Globe gores of the 1612 celestial globe by van den Keere & Plancius on which Plancius introduced his last set of biblically inspired constellations, including Jordanus (highlighted). Note that the year 1625 mentioned in one of the cartouches is not the year of publication but the epoch for which the stellar coordinates were plotted.]]
	[[File:Jordanis Constellation Position.jpg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|Jordanis Constellation Position on a modern map (CC BY Ultima Thulean)]]		[[File:Jordanis Constellation Position.jpg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|Jordanis Constellation Position on a modern map (CC BY Ultima Thulean)]]

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	[[File:Jordanus.jpg\|thumb\|Jordanus in Jakob Bartsch's Planisphaerium Stellatum 1661]]		[[File:Jordanus.jpg\|thumb\|Jordanus in Jakob Bartsch's Planisphaerium Stellatum 1661]]
	[[File:PreJordanus in Duerer Ian.gif\|alt=detail of star chart, free stars highlighted\|thumb\|Dürer (1515): Map of Ursa Major with eight free stars south of it. animated GIF highlights them (CC BY SMH)]]		[[File:PreJordanus in Duerer Ian.gif\|alt=detail of star chart, free stars highlighted\|thumb\|Dürer (1515): Map of Ursa Major with eight free stars south of it. animated GIF highlights them (CC BY SMH)]]
	An obsolete Early Modern constellation, defined in the movement of Christianizing the sky but inconsistently: Plancius (1612) made it from eight unnamed Ptolemaic stars: Alpha and Beta CVn, Alpha, 31 and 38 Lyncis (according to Toomer), and three fainter stars of uncertain identity. Julius Schiller () used it as a name for [[Hydra]].		An obsolete Early Modern constellation, defined in the movement of Christianizing the sky but inconsistently: Plancius (1612) made it from eight unnamed Ptolemaic stars: Alpha and Beta CVn, Alpha, 31 and 38 Lyncis (according to Toomer), and three fainter stars of uncertain identity. Julius Schiller (1627) used it as a name for [[Hydra]].

	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==

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	[[File:PreJordanus in Duerer Ian.gif\|alt=detail of star chart, free stars highlighted\|thumb\|Dürer (1515): Map of Ursa Major with eight free stars south of it. animated GIF highlights them (CC BY SMH)]]		[[File:PreJordanus in Duerer Ian.gif\|alt=detail of star chart, free stars highlighted\|thumb\|Dürer (1515): Map of Ursa Major with eight free stars south of it. animated GIF highlights them (CC BY SMH)]]
	An obsolete Early Modern constellation made from eight unnamed Ptolemaic stars: Alpha and Beta CVn, Alpha, 31 and 38 Lyncis (according to Toomer), and three fainter stars of uncertain identity.		An obsolete Early Modern constellation, defined in the movement of Christianizing the sky but inconsistently: Plancius (1612) made it from eight unnamed Ptolemaic stars: Alpha and Beta CVn, Alpha, 31 and 38 Lyncis (according to Toomer), and three fainter stars of uncertain identity. Julius Schiller () used it as a name for [[Hydra]].

	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==

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	The name was suggested to the IAU WGSN to be used as a star name in 2023. Alpha and Beta CVn are already named (Cor Caroli and Chara), the brightest of the others is Alpha Lyncis ([https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=alpha+Lyn&submit=SIMBAD+search SIMBAD]: 3.1 mag in V). For this star, also the star name "Xuanyuan" was suggested but rejected because of the tremendous significance of this Chinese term for the Chinese cultural heritage.		The name was suggested to the IAU WGSN to be used as a star name in 2023. Alpha and Beta CVn are already named (Cor Caroli and Chara), the brightest of the others is Alpha Lyncis ([https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=alpha+Lyn&submit=SIMBAD+search SIMBAD]: 3.1 mag in V). For this star, also the star name "Xuanyuan" was suggested but rejected because of the tremendous significance of this Chinese term for the Chinese cultural heritage.

	In the earliest versions of the drawing of the Jordanus River, the headwaters of the river are marked by three stars, likely to be identified with 25 CVn and 20 CVn + HR 4997. Their names on late 16th-century Dutch biblical maps<ref>In 1590 Petrus Plancius designed a set of biblical maps, engraved by Johannes van Deutecom and his sons Baptista and Johannes, to illustrate a new edition of the so-called [https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deux-Aesbijbel Deux-Aes Bible] printed by the Amsterdam publisher Laurens Jacobszoon. The map of the Holy Land in this set distinctly marks the headwaters of the Jordan River as ''Dan fons'' and ''Ior fons''. Later editions of these maps were embellished by adding a border with biblical scenes. See [https://www.biblianeerlandica.be/wp-content/uploads/4.-Plancius-1590-Beloofde-Land-1-sm.jpg example 1], [http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.105989 example 2].</ref> are Dan and Ior.<ref>The names ''Ior'' and ''Dan'' as the headwaters of the Jordan River appear to have originated in European pilgrim narratives and chronicles in the times of the Crusades. Cf. George Adam Smith, ''The Historical Geography of the Holy Land, Especially in Relation to the History of Israel and of the Early Church'' (New York: A.C. Armstrong and Son, 1895), p. 472 [note 1] [[https://archive.org/details/historicalgeogra1895smit/page/n503/mode/1up Internet Archive link]].</ref> Thus, it is proposed to name one, two or all three stars within the obsolete constellation:		In the earliest versions of the drawing of the Jordanus River, the headwaters of the river are marked by three stars, likely to be identified with 25 CVn and 20 CVn + HR 4997. Their names on late 16th-century Dutch biblical maps<ref>In 1590 Petrus Plancius designed a set of biblical maps, engraved by Johannes van Deutecom and his sons Baptista and Johannes, to illustrate a new edition of the so-called [https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deux-Aesbijbel Deux-Aes Bible] printed by the Amsterdam publisher Laurens Jacobszoon. The map of the Holy Land in this set distinctly marks the headwaters of the Jordan River as ''Dan fons'' and ''Ior fons''. Later editions of these maps were embellished by adding a border with biblical scenes. See [https://www.biblianeerlandica.be/wp-content/uploads/4.-Plancius-1590-Beloofde-Land-1-sm.jpg example 1], [http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.105989 example 2].</ref> are Dan and Ior.<ref>The names ''Ior'' and ''Dan'' as the headwaters of the Jordan River appear to have originated in European pilgrim narratives and chronicles in the times of the Crusades. Cf. George Adam Smith, ''The Historical Geography of the Holy Land, Especially in Relation to the History of Israel and of the Early Church'' (New York: A.C. Armstrong and Son, 1895), p. 472 [note 1] [[https://archive.org/details/historicalgeogra1895smit/page/n503/mode/1up Internet Archive link]].</ref> Thus, it is proposed to name one, two or all three stars within the obsolete constellation (NOTE: WGSN does not assign single names to pairs of stars, so select a single star per name):

	# α Lyncis: "Jordanus", ([https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=alpha+Lyn&submit=SIMBAD+search SIMBAD]: 3.1 mag in V)		# α Lyncis: "Jordanus", ([https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=alpha+Lyn&submit=SIMBAD+search SIMBAD]: 3.1 mag in V)
	# 25 CVn: "Ior" ([https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=25+CVn&NbIdent=1&Radius=2&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id SIMBAD] 4.82 mag) for the sake of symmetry, perhaps ~~also~~ BH CVn ([https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=BH+CVn&NbIdent=1&Radius=2&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id SIMBAD] 4.94-5.1 mag [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=5103 VSX]), but on some maps explicitly only one star here		# 25 CVn: "Ior" ([https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=25+CVn&NbIdent=1&Radius=2&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id SIMBAD] 4.82 mag) for the sake of symmetry, or perhaps BH CVn ([https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=BH+CVn&NbIdent=1&Radius=2&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id SIMBAD] 4.94-5.1 mag [https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=5103 VSX]), but on some maps explicitly only one star here
	# 20 CVn + HR 4997: "Dan" ([https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=20+CVn&NbIdent=1&Radius=2&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id SIMBAD] 4.69 mag, [https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=HR+4997&NbIdent=1&Radius=2&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id SIMBAD] 4.94 mag)		# 20 CVn or HR 4997: "Dan" ([https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=20+CVn&NbIdent=1&Radius=2&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id SIMBAD] 4.69 mag, [https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=HR+4997&NbIdent=1&Radius=2&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id SIMBAD] 4.94 mag)

	The above list of historical names confirms, that there are no Arabic names competing for the stars are suggested to call Ior and Dan.		The above list of historical names confirms, that there are no Arabic names competing for the stars are suggested to call Ior and Dan.

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	* Ridpath, Ian, "[http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/~~mensa~~.html Star Tales: online edition]".		* Ridpath, Ian, "[http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/jordanus.html Star Tales: online edition]".

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	*		* Ridpath, Ian, "[http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/mensa.html Star Tales: online edition]".

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	=== '''''al-Ẓibā’''''' in Danielle Adams, ''Rain Stars Set, Lunar Stations Rise'', 2018, p. 102. ===		=== '''''al-Ẓibā’''''' in Danielle Adams, ''Rain Stars Set, Lunar Stations Rise'', 2018, p. 102. ===
	"Both Ibn Qutayba and al-Marzūqī report that the Gazelles themselves ''[al-ẓibāʾ]'' were represented by an elongated line of stars located below their Leaps, with the Offspring of the Gazelles ''(awlād al-ẓibāʾ)'' as the very faint stars that lie between the Gazelles and their Leaps (Ibn Qutayba 1956, 66-67; al-Marzūqī 1914, 2:374). According to al-Ṣūfī, the Gazelles leapt away from the Coarse Tail Hair of the Lion and arrived at the Watering Trough ''(al-ḥawḍ)'', which is a semicircle of stars located near the Third Leap that the other authors also describe (1981, 33; Ibn Qutayba 1956, 67; al-Marzūqī 1914, 2:374-375). Al-Ṣūfī locates the line of Gazelles in a different location near the Watering Trough, with their Offspring again being the many faint stars located nearby and extending toward the Extended Forearm of the Lion (''dhirāʿ al-asad al-mabsūṭa''; 1981, 33, 34)."		<blockquote>"Both Ibn Qutayba and al-Marzūqī report that the Gazelles themselves ''[al-ẓibāʾ]'' were represented by an elongated line of stars located below their Leaps, with the Offspring of the Gazelles ''(awlād al-ẓibāʾ)'' as the very faint stars that lie between the Gazelles and their Leaps (Ibn Qutayba 1956, 66-67; al-Marzūqī 1914, 2:374). According to al-Ṣūfī, the Gazelles leapt away from the Coarse Tail Hair of the Lion and arrived at the Watering Trough ''(al-ḥawḍ)'', which is a semicircle of stars located near the Third Leap that the other authors also describe (1981, 33; Ibn Qutayba 1956, 67; al-Marzūqī 1914, 2:374-375). Al-Ṣūfī locates the line of Gazelles in a different location near the Watering Trough, with their Offspring again being the many faint stars located nearby and extending toward the Extended Forearm of the Lion (''dhirāʿ al-asad al-mabsūṭa''; 1981, 33, 34)."</blockquote>[[File:RolandLafitte ArabicMap Gazelles.jpg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|''al-Ẓibā’'', «°les Gazelles°» (CC BY Roland Laffitte 2024)]]

	[[File:RolandLafitte ArabicMap Gazelles.jpg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|''al-Ẓibā’'', «°les Gazelles°» (CC BY Roland Laffitte 2024)]]
	[[File:RolandLafitte modernMap.jpg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|''al-Ẓibā’'', « les Gazelles » (CC BY Roland Laffitte 2024)]]		[[File:RolandLafitte modernMap.jpg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|''al-Ẓibā’'', « les Gazelles » (CC BY Roland Laffitte 2024)]]

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	<nowiki>*</nowiki> 21a. awlād ''aẓ-Ẓibā’'', p. 39:<blockquote>„die Jungen der Gazellen“. Ibn Qutayba 67, 1 (bei den unter Mondstation 14 mitbehandelten Sternen): ''kawākib ṣiġār fī-mā bayna ẓ-ẓibā’ wa''-l-''qafazāt'' „kleine Sterne zwischen ''aẓ-ẓibā’'' [nr. 329] und ''al-qafazāt'' [nr. 211a]“. Ṣūfī 34, 1f. und 18‒20 zählt besonders den 5. bis 8. externen Stern im ptolemäischen Bildes Großer Bär = Fl. 10 Leonis Minoris; IX, 115; VIII, 245; Fl. 31 Lyncis hierzu, sowie all die zahllosen Sterne, die schwächer sind als Größe sechs und die Ptolemäus nicht angeführt hat.</blockquote>		<nowiki>*</nowiki> 21a. awlād ''aẓ-Ẓibā’'', p. 39:<blockquote>„die Jungen der Gazellen“. Ibn Qutayba 67, 1 (bei den unter Mondstation 14 mitbehandelten Sternen): ''kawākib ṣiġār fī-mā bayna ẓ-ẓibā’ wa''-l-''qafazāt'' „kleine Sterne zwischen ''aẓ-ẓibā’'' [nr. 329] und ''al-qafazāt'' [nr. 211a]“. Ṣūfī 34, 1f. und 18‒20 zählt besonders den 5. bis 8. externen Stern im ptolemäischen Bildes Großer Bär = Fl. 10 Leonis Minoris; IX, 115; VIII, 245; Fl. 31 Lyncis hierzu, sowie all die zahllosen Sterne, die schwächer sind als Größe sechs und die Ptolemäus nicht angeführt hat.</blockquote>
	<blockquote>'''''English:''''' 'the young of the gazelles’. Ibn Qutayba 67, 1 (for the stars treated under lunar station 14): ''kawākib ṣiġār fī-mā bayna ẓ-ẓibā‘ wa-l-qafazāt'' “small stars between aẓ-ẓibā” [no. 329] and al-qafazāt [no. 211a]’. Ṣūfī 34, 1f. and 18-20 counts especially the 5th to 8th external star in the Ptolemaic image Great Bear = Fl. 10 Leonis Minoris; IX, 115; VIII, 245; Fl. 31 Lyncis, as well as all the countless stars that are fainter than magnitude six and that Prolemy did not mention.</blockquote>* 329. ''aẓ-Ẓibā’'', p. 120:<blockquote>„die Gazellen“. Ibn Qutayba 66, 11 (bei den unter Mondstation 14 mitbehandelten Sternen): ''kawākib mustaṭīla asfal min qafazāt aẓ-ẓibā’'' „der Länge nach angeordnete Sterne unterhalb von qafazāt ''aẓ-ẓibā’'' [= ''ικλμνξ Ursa Majoris'']“; Ṣūfī 33,7 identifiziert ''aẓ-ẓibā’'' mit den Sternen auf Brauen, Augen, Ohren und Maul des ptolemäischen Bildes Großer Bär (d. h. der 4., 5., 2., 3., 6. und 1. Stern) = ''ρο<sup>2</sup>''A''π<sup>2</sup>σ<sup>2</sup>''d''ο'' Ursae Majoris, wozu er 33, 19‒34, 2 noch den 8., 3., und 4. externen des Großen Bären = Fl. 31, 40 (''α''), 38 Lyncis hinzunimmt. Nur die letzteren drei stimmen mit der ''anwā’'' Definition „unterhalb von ''qafazāt aẓ-ẓibā’''” überein. </blockquote> <blockquote>'''''English:''''' ‘the gazelles’. Ibn Qutayba 66, 11 (for the stars treated under lunar station 14): kawākib mustaṭīla asfal min qafazāt aẓ-ẓibā‘ “stars arranged lengthwise below qafazāt aẓ-ẓibā” [= ικλμνξ Ursa Majoris]’; Ṣūfī 33,7 identifies aẓ-ẓibā with the stars on the brows, eyes, ears and mouth of the Ptolemaic image Great Bear (i.e. the 4th, 5th, 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 1st stars). i.e. the 4th, 5th, 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 1st star) = ρο<sup>2</sup>Aπ<sup>2</sup>σ<sup>2</sup>dο Ursae Majoris, to which he adds 33, 19-34, 2 the 8th, 3rd and 4th exterior of the Great Bear = Fl. 31, 40 (α), 38 Lynis. Only the latter three agree with the ''anwā‘'' definition “below ''qafazāt aẓ-ẓibā''”’.</blockquote>		<blockquote>'''''English:''''' 'the young of the gazelles’. Ibn Qutayba 67, 1 (for the stars treated under lunar station 14): ''kawākib ṣiġār fī-mā bayna ẓ-ẓibā‘ wa-l-qafazāt'' “small stars between aẓ-ẓibā” [no. 329] and al-qafazāt [no. 211a]’. Ṣūfī 34, 1f. and 18-20 counts especially the 5th to 8th external star in the Ptolemaic image Great Bear = Fl. 10 Leonis Minoris; IX, 115; VIII, 245; Fl. 31 Lyncis, as well as all the countless stars that are fainter than magnitude six and that Prolemy did not mention.</blockquote>* 329. ''aẓ-Ẓibā’'', p. 120:<blockquote>„die Gazellen“. Ibn Qutayba 66, 11 (bei den unter Mondstation 14 mitbehandelten Sternen): ''kawākib mustaṭīla asfal min qafazāt aẓ-ẓibā’'' „der Länge nach angeordnete Sterne unterhalb von qafazāt ''aẓ-ẓibā’'' [= ''ικλμνξ Ursa Majoris'']“; Ṣūfī 33,7 identifiziert ''aẓ-ẓibā’'' mit den Sternen auf Brauen, Augen, Ohren und Maul des ptolemäischen Bildes Großer Bär (d. h. der 4., 5., 2., 3., 6. und 1. Stern) = ''ρο<sup>2</sup>''A''π<sup>2</sup>σ<sup>2</sup>''d''ο'' Ursae Majoris, wozu er 33, 19‒34, 2 noch den 8., 3., und 4. externen des Großen Bären = Fl. 31, 40 (''α''), 38 Lyncis hinzunimmt. Nur die letzteren drei stimmen mit der ''anwā’'' Definition „unterhalb von ''qafazāt aẓ-ẓibā’''” überein. </blockquote> <blockquote>'''''English:''''' ‘the gazelles’. Ibn Qutayba 66, 11 (for the stars treated under lunar station 14): kawākib mustaṭīla asfal min qafazāt aẓ-ẓibā‘ “stars arranged lengthwise below qafazāt aẓ-ẓibā” [= ικλμνξ Ursa Majoris]’; Ṣūfī 33,7 identifies aẓ-ẓibā with the stars on the brows, eyes, ears and mouth of the Ptolemaic image Great Bear (i.e. the 4th, 5th, 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 1st stars). i.e. the 4th, 5th, 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 1st star) = ρο<sup>2</sup>Aπ<sup>2</sup>σ<sup>2</sup>dο Ursae Majoris, to which he adds 33, 19-34, 2 the 8th, 3rd and 4th exterior of the Great Bear = Fl. 31, 40 (α), 38 Lynis. Only the latter three agree with the ''anwā‘'' definition “below ''qafazāt aẓ-ẓibā''”’.</blockquote>
	[[File:The Gazelles after Ibn Qutayba.png\|alt=The Gazelles, the Offspring of the Gazelles, the Leaps of the Gazelles, and the Watering Trough, after Ibn Qutayba. The location of the Gazelles according to al-Ṣūfī is also provided.\|thumb\|The Gazelles, the Offspring of the Gazelles, the Leaps of the Gazelles, and the Watering Trough, after Ibn Qutayba. The location of the Gazelles according to al-Ṣūfī is also provided.]]		[[File:The Gazelles after Ibn Qutayba.png\|alt=The Gazelles, the Offspring of the Gazelles, the Leaps of the Gazelles, and the Watering Trough, after Ibn Qutayba. The location of the Gazelles according to al-Ṣūfī is also provided.\|thumb\|The Gazelles, the Offspring of the Gazelles, the Leaps of the Gazelles, and the Watering Trough, after Ibn Qutayba. The location of the Gazelles according to al-Ṣūfī is also provided. (Danielle Adams, own work)]]

	=== '''''al-Ẓibā’''''' in Danielle Adams, ''Rain Stars Set, Lunar Stations Rise'', 2018, p. 102. ===		=== '''''al-Ẓibā’''''' in Danielle Adams, ''Rain Stars Set, Lunar Stations Rise'', 2018, p. 102. ===

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	<nowiki>*</nowiki> 21a. awlād ''aẓ-Ẓibā’'', p. 39:<blockquote>„die Jungen der Gazellen“. Ibn Qutayba 67, 1 (bei den unter Mondstation 14 mitbehandelten Sternen): ''kawākib ṣiġār fī-mā bayna ẓ-ẓibā’ wa''-l-''qafazāt'' „kleine Sterne zwischen ''aẓ-ẓibā’'' [nr. 329] und ''al-qafazāt'' [nr. 211a]“. Ṣūfī 34, 1f. und 18‒20 zählt besonders den 5. bis 8. externen Stern im ptolemäischen Bildes Großer Bär = Fl. 10 Leonis Minoris; IX, 115; VIII, 245; Fl. 31 Lyncis hierzu, sowie all die zahllosen Sterne, die schwächer sind als Größe sechs und die Ptolemäus nicht angeführt hat.</blockquote>		<nowiki>*</nowiki> 21a. awlād ''aẓ-Ẓibā’'', p. 39:<blockquote>„die Jungen der Gazellen“. Ibn Qutayba 67, 1 (bei den unter Mondstation 14 mitbehandelten Sternen): ''kawākib ṣiġār fī-mā bayna ẓ-ẓibā’ wa''-l-''qafazāt'' „kleine Sterne zwischen ''aẓ-ẓibā’'' [nr. 329] und ''al-qafazāt'' [nr. 211a]“. Ṣūfī 34, 1f. und 18‒20 zählt besonders den 5. bis 8. externen Stern im ptolemäischen Bildes Großer Bär = Fl. 10 Leonis Minoris; IX, 115; VIII, 245; Fl. 31 Lyncis hierzu, sowie all die zahllosen Sterne, die schwächer sind als Größe sechs und die Ptolemäus nicht angeführt hat.</blockquote>
	<blockquote>'''''English:''''' 'the young of the gazelles’. Ibn Qutayba 67, 1 (for the stars treated under lunar station 14): ''kawākib ṣiġār fī-mā bayna ẓ-ẓibā‘ wa-l-qafazāt'' “small stars between aẓ-ẓibā” [no. 329] and al-qafazāt [no. 211a]’. Ṣūfī 34, 1f. and 18-20 counts especially the 5th to 8th external star in the Ptolemaic image Great Bear = Fl. 10 Leonis Minoris; IX, 115; VIII, 245; Fl. 31 Lyncis, as well as all the countless stars that are fainter than magnitude six and that Prolemy did not mention.</blockquote>* 329. ''aẓ-Ẓibā’'', p. 120:<blockquote>„die Gazellen“. Ibn Qutayba 66, 11 (bei den unter Mondstation 14 mitbehandelten Sternen): ''kawākib mustaṭīla asfal min qafazāt aẓ-ẓibā’'' „der Länge nach angeordnete Sterne unterhalb von qafazāt ''aẓ-ẓibā’'' [= ''ικλμνξ Ursa Majoris'']“; Ṣūfī 33,7 identifiziert ''aẓ-ẓibā’'' mit den Sternen auf Brauen, Augen, Ohren und Maul des ptolemäischen Bildes Großer Bär (d. h. der 4., 5., 2., 3., 6. und 1. Stern) = ''ρο<sup>2</sup>''A''π<sup>2</sup>σ<sup>2</sup>''d''ο'' Ursae Majoris, wozu er 33, 19‒34, 2 noch den 8., 3., und 4. externen des Großen Bären = Fl. 31, 40 (''α''), 38 Lyncis hinzunimmt. Nur die letzteren drei stimmen mit der ''anwā’'' Definition „unterhalb von ''qafazāt aẓ-ẓibā’''” überein. </blockquote> <blockquote>'''''English:''''' ‘the gazelles’. Ibn Qutayba 66, 11 (for the stars treated under lunar station 14): kawākib mustaṭīla asfal min qafazāt aẓ-ẓibā‘ “stars arranged lengthwise below qafazāt aẓ-ẓibā” [= ικλμνξ Ursa Majoris]’; Ṣūfī 33,7 identifies aẓ-ẓibā with the stars on the brows, eyes, ears and mouth of the Ptolemaic image Great Bear (i.e. the 4th, 5th, 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 1st stars). i.e. the 4th, 5th, 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 1st star) = ρο<sup>2</sup>Aπ<sup>2</sup>σ<sup>2</sup>dο Ursae Majoris, to which he adds 33, 19-34, 2 the 8th, 3rd and 4th exterior of the Great Bear = Fl. 31, 40 (α), 38 Lynis. Only the latter three agree with the ''anwā‘'' definition “below ''qafazāt aẓ-ẓibā''”’.</blockquote>		<blockquote>'''''English:''''' 'the young of the gazelles’. Ibn Qutayba 67, 1 (for the stars treated under lunar station 14): ''kawākib ṣiġār fī-mā bayna ẓ-ẓibā‘ wa-l-qafazāt'' “small stars between aẓ-ẓibā” [no. 329] and al-qafazāt [no. 211a]’. Ṣūfī 34, 1f. and 18-20 counts especially the 5th to 8th external star in the Ptolemaic image Great Bear = Fl. 10 Leonis Minoris; IX, 115; VIII, 245; Fl. 31 Lyncis, as well as all the countless stars that are fainter than magnitude six and that Prolemy did not mention.</blockquote>* 329. ''aẓ-Ẓibā’'', p. 120:<blockquote>„die Gazellen“. Ibn Qutayba 66, 11 (bei den unter Mondstation 14 mitbehandelten Sternen): ''kawākib mustaṭīla asfal min qafazāt aẓ-ẓibā’'' „der Länge nach angeordnete Sterne unterhalb von qafazāt ''aẓ-ẓibā’'' [= ''ικλμνξ Ursa Majoris'']“; Ṣūfī 33,7 identifiziert ''aẓ-ẓibā’'' mit den Sternen auf Brauen, Augen, Ohren und Maul des ptolemäischen Bildes Großer Bär (d. h. der 4., 5., 2., 3., 6. und 1. Stern) = ''ρο<sup>2</sup>''A''π<sup>2</sup>σ<sup>2</sup>''d''ο'' Ursae Majoris, wozu er 33, 19‒34, 2 noch den 8., 3., und 4. externen des Großen Bären = Fl. 31, 40 (''α''), 38 Lyncis hinzunimmt. Nur die letzteren drei stimmen mit der ''anwā’'' Definition „unterhalb von ''qafazāt aẓ-ẓibā’''” überein. </blockquote> <blockquote>'''''English:''''' ‘the gazelles’. Ibn Qutayba 66, 11 (for the stars treated under lunar station 14): kawākib mustaṭīla asfal min qafazāt aẓ-ẓibā‘ “stars arranged lengthwise below qafazāt aẓ-ẓibā” [= ικλμνξ Ursa Majoris]’; Ṣūfī 33,7 identifies aẓ-ẓibā with the stars on the brows, eyes, ears and mouth of the Ptolemaic image Great Bear (i.e. the 4th, 5th, 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 1st stars). i.e. the 4th, 5th, 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 1st star) = ρο<sup>2</sup>Aπ<sup>2</sup>σ<sup>2</sup>dο Ursae Majoris, to which he adds 33, 19-34, 2 the 8th, 3rd and 4th exterior of the Great Bear = Fl. 31, 40 (α), 38 Lynis. Only the latter three agree with the ''anwā‘'' definition “below ''qafazāt aẓ-ẓibā''”’.</blockquote>
			[[File:The Gazelles after Ibn Qutayba.png\|alt=The Gazelles, the Offspring of the Gazelles, the Leaps of the Gazelles, and the Watering Trough, after Ibn Qutayba. The location of the Gazelles according to al-Ṣūfī is also provided.\|thumb\|The Gazelles, the Offspring of the Gazelles, the Leaps of the Gazelles, and the Watering Trough, after Ibn Qutayba. The location of the Gazelles according to al-Ṣūfī is also provided.]]

	=== '''''al-Ẓibā’''''' in Danielle Adams, ''Rain Stars Set, Lunar Stations Rise'', 2018, p. 102. ===		=== '''''al-Ẓibā’''''' in Danielle Adams, ''Rain Stars Set, Lunar Stations Rise'', 2018, p. 102. ===
	"Both Ibn Qutayba and al-Marzūqī report that the Gazelles themselves ''[al-ẓibāʾ]'' were represented by an elongated line of stars located below their Leaps, with the Offspring of the Gazelles ''(awlād al-ẓibāʾ)'' as the very faint stars that lie between the Gazelles and their Leaps (Ibn Qutayba 1956, 66-67; al-Marzūqī 1914, 2:374). According to al-Ṣūfī, the Gazelles leapt away from the Coarse Tail Hair of the Lion and arrived at the Watering Trough ''(al-ḥawḍ)'', which is a semicircle of stars located near the Third Leap that the other authors also describe (1981, 33; Ibn Qutayba 1956, 67; al-Marzūqī 1914, 2:374-375). Al-Ṣūfī locates the line of Gazelles in a different location near the Watering Trough, with their Offspring again being the many faint stars located nearby and extending toward the Extended Forearm of the Lion (''dhirāʿ al-asad al-mabsūṭa''; 1981, 33, 34)."[[File:RolandLafitte ArabicMap Gazelles.jpg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|''al-Ẓibā’'', «°les Gazelles°» (CC BY Roland Laffitte 2024)]]		"Both Ibn Qutayba and al-Marzūqī report that the Gazelles themselves ''[al-ẓibāʾ]'' were represented by an elongated line of stars located below their Leaps, with the Offspring of the Gazelles ''(awlād al-ẓibāʾ)'' as the very faint stars that lie between the Gazelles and their Leaps (Ibn Qutayba 1956, 66-67; al-Marzūqī 1914, 2:374). According to al-Ṣūfī, the Gazelles leapt away from the Coarse Tail Hair of the Lion and arrived at the Watering Trough ''(al-ḥawḍ)'', which is a semicircle of stars located near the Third Leap that the other authors also describe (1981, 33; Ibn Qutayba 1956, 67; al-Marzūqī 1914, 2:374-375). Al-Ṣūfī locates the line of Gazelles in a different location near the Watering Trough, with their Offspring again being the many faint stars located nearby and extending toward the Extended Forearm of the Lion (''dhirāʿ al-asad al-mabsūṭa''; 1981, 33, 34)."

			[[File:RolandLafitte ArabicMap Gazelles.jpg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|''al-Ẓibā’'', «°les Gazelles°» (CC BY Roland Laffitte 2024)]]
	[[File:RolandLafitte modernMap.jpg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|''al-Ẓibā’'', « les Gazelles » (CC BY Roland Laffitte 2024)]]		[[File:RolandLafitte modernMap.jpg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|''al-Ẓibā’'', « les Gazelles » (CC BY Roland Laffitte 2024)]]

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	=== '''''al-Ẓibā’''''' in Danielle Adams, ''Rain Stars Set, Lunar Stations Rise'', 2018, p. 102. ===		=== '''''al-Ẓibā’''''' in Danielle Adams, ''Rain Stars Set, Lunar Stations Rise'', 2018, p. 102. ===
	"Both Ibn Qutayba and al-Marzūqī report that the Gazelles themselves were represented by an elongated line of stars located below their Leaps, with the Offspring of the Gazelles (awlād al-ẓibāʾ) as the very faint stars that lie between the Gazelles and their Leaps (Ibn Qutayba 1956, 66-67; al-Marzūqī 1914, 2:374). According to al-Ṣūfī, the Gazelles leapt away from the Coarse Tail Hair of the Lion and arrived at the Watering Trough (al-ḥawḍ), which is a semicircle of stars located near the Third Leap that the other authors also describe (1981, 33; Ibn Qutayba 1956, 67; al-Marzūqī 1914, 2:374-375). Al-Ṣūfī locates the line of Gazelles in a different location near the Watering Trough, with their Offspring again being the many faint stars located nearby and extending toward the Extended Forearm of the Lion (dhirāʿ al-asad al-mabsūṭa; 1981, 33, 34)."[[File:RolandLafitte ArabicMap Gazelles.jpg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|''al-Ẓibā’'', «°les Gazelles°» (CC BY Roland Laffitte 2024)]]		"Both Ibn Qutayba and al-Marzūqī report that the Gazelles themselves ''[al-ẓibāʾ]'' were represented by an elongated line of stars located below their Leaps, with the Offspring of the Gazelles ''(awlād al-ẓibāʾ)'' as the very faint stars that lie between the Gazelles and their Leaps (Ibn Qutayba 1956, 66-67; al-Marzūqī 1914, 2:374). According to al-Ṣūfī, the Gazelles leapt away from the Coarse Tail Hair of the Lion and arrived at the Watering Trough ''(al-ḥawḍ)'', which is a semicircle of stars located near the Third Leap that the other authors also describe (1981, 33; Ibn Qutayba 1956, 67; al-Marzūqī 1914, 2:374-375). Al-Ṣūfī locates the line of Gazelles in a different location near the Watering Trough, with their Offspring again being the many faint stars located nearby and extending toward the Extended Forearm of the Lion (''dhirāʿ al-asad al-mabsūṭa''; 1981, 33, 34)."[[File:RolandLafitte ArabicMap Gazelles.jpg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|''al-Ẓibā’'', «°les Gazelles°» (CC BY Roland Laffitte 2024)]]
	[[File:RolandLafitte modernMap.jpg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|''al-Ẓibā’'', « les Gazelles » (CC BY Roland Laffitte 2024)]]		[[File:RolandLafitte modernMap.jpg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|''al-Ẓibā’'', « les Gazelles » (CC BY Roland Laffitte 2024)]]