Title
Miniature from a Mamluk copy of the Automata of al Jaziri or the Book of Knowledge of Mechanical Devices
Caption
Miniature from a Mamluk copy of the Automata of al Jaziri or the Book of Knowledge of Mechanical Devices, In this device the boat has a slow leak which causes it to submerge in exactly one hour. To record this a pipe is sounded by a whistle mechanism inside the effigy of the man. Water Raising Machines chapter. Egypt. Islamic. Mamluk copy, first written 1181 1206. Dyarbakir.
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A20_354
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License type
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Available size
38,5Mb (3,1Mb) / 13,8in x 10,8in / 4134 x 3254 (300dpi)