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"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari
Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H. 11 13/16 in. (30 cm) W. 7 3/4 in. (19.7cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm) Frame: H. 20 1/4 in. (51.4 cm) W. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm)
- Department
- Islamic Art
- Classification
- Codices
- Dated
- dated 715 AH/1315 CE
- Pixels
- 2522 × 3596
- SHA-256
- d7081c4980c071f8…
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Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif. "The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari, dated 715 AH/1315 CE. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.