Eight constellations (from the top): Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius (a large figure drawing water from a well), Pisces, Cetus (a harpy with a peacock's tail), Orion (a standing turbaned male with sword and shepherd's staff), and the constellation Eridanus (the River).
Creatures from the Island of Zanj (jazirah-i Zanj), including gray and green winged humanoids.
Five mythical sea creatures, including a human-headed fish and a winged fish.
Above: a woman with long hair behind a large gray fish. Below: a monkey (labeled insan al-ma', 'aquatic being') and a pink fish.
Six animal-headed demons or jinn, all (except the blue elephant-headed demons) snapping their fingers.
Fabulous beasts and demons: two horned demons playing musical instruments; a feline, horned quadruped with two heads; a brown demon with a cat's head and tail, wearing wrist beads (noise-makers); and an elephant with rear claw feet. On a page labeled 'people of the Seal of Solomon (muhr-i Sulayman)'.
A humanoid with hair standing on end.
A lynx or caracal (‘anaq) and an elephant-headed demon.
A cock and (above) a partridge (darraj).
A simurgh (‘anqa', a mythical bird) and, above, a bird that appears to be a hoopoe but is labeled 'aq'aq (magpie).
An ostrich (na‘amat) and a small black bird labeled hudhud (the hoopoe).
A dragon (thu‘ban).
Five fabulous creatures: a dark-skinned female wearing only a head-scarf and pearls; two winged figure, nude except for pearls; a bare-breasted, long-haired female with six legs and wrist beads (noise-makers); and, at the bottom, a human-headed snake.
Four mythical creatures: a humanoid with his head in his chest, a human-headed turtle, and two half-sectioned women.
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More illustrations at the Islamic Medical Manuscripts @ the National Library of Medicine [link]
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