Sources and credits

Where everything comes from

Lazward shows its work. This page lists the manuscripts we reproduce, the texts our rules come from, and the software that does the arithmetic. If you spot an error, write to hello@lazward.app and we will correct it here.

Images

All images are reproduced from museum open-access programmes that allow commercial use.

• Taurus, from al-Ṣūfī, Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thābita (Book of the Images of the Fixed Stars). Iran, late 15th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund 1913, 13.160.10, p. 15. Public domain. Museum page
• The astrologer predicts a calamity for the newly born prince, from a Ṭūṭī-nāma. Mughal India, c. 1560. Cleveland Museum of Art, 1962.279.52.b. CC0. Museum page
• Taking the height of the Moon (home page). A new painting in the style of Persian miniatures, made with AI for Lazward in 2026. It is not a historical work and does not copy a museum object.
• Bahram Chubina meets a lady who foretells his fate, from a Shāhnāma. Probably Isfahan, c. 1330–40. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1974.290.41. Public domain. On the home page we show the painted scene only, with the colours digitally cleaned (contrast, colour and noise only) and three small details set in gentle motion. No part has been redrawn or added. Museum page
• Demon in chains. Iran or Central Asia, c. 1453. Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.63. CC0. Museum page
• Four captive demons. Iran or Central Asia, 1470–1500. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 68.175. Public domain. Museum page
• The angel Surush rescues Khusrau Parviz, from the Shāhnāma of Shah Tahmasp, fol. 708v. Tabriz, c. 1530–35. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970.301.73. Public domain. Museum page
• King Solomon enthroned in the company of demons, angels, birds and animals. Allahabad, 1602. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, W.650.157A. CC0. Museum page
• The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, from a Fālnāma (Book of Omens). Qazvin, 1550s. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 35.64.3. Public domain. Museum page

Texts behind the rules

Our rule library follows the classical authors directly: Abū Maʿshar's Abbreviation of the Introduction to Astrology; al-Bīrūnī's Book of Instruction in the Elements of the Art of Astrology; al-Qabīṣī's Introduction; the Picatrix (Ghāyat al-Ḥakīm) for the lunar mansions; and al-Ṣūfī's Book of the Fixed Stars for star names. Each reading cites the rule it used.

Software

Planetary positions: Astronomy Engine by Don Cross (MIT licence), accurate to about one arc-minute. Fonts: Cormorant Garamond, Source Serif 4, IBM Plex Sans and Amiri (SIL Open Font Licence), served from this site.

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