Dome with Constellations
early 8th century AD
Caldarium, Amra, Jordan
The constellations are painted on the dome in reversed order, as if seen from the outside of a celestial globe. North is in the center, surrounded at a distance by a narrow red band representing the Zodiac. The ever-helpful Blue Guide provides a key:
| A = Ursa Major | F = Andromeda | K = Leo | P = Capricorn |
| B = Ursa Minor | G = Cygnus | L = Cancer | Q = Sagittarius |
| C = Cepheus | H = Hercules | M = Gemini | R = Scorpio |
| D = Draco | I = Ophiucus | N = Orion | S = Erichthonius |
| E = Perseus | J = Bootes | O = Dophinus | T = Aquarius |
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