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Unidentified painter, probably Syria or Iraq

The illustrator of al-Jazari’s book is unidentified. The manuscript is dated 1315; the Met places its origin in probably Syria or Iraq. The treatise’s author described the elephant-clock mechanism and the calligrapher copied the text. The illustration helps explain the position of its components and the movements of its figures.

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"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari — Unidentified painter, probably Syria or IraqUnidentified painter, probably Syria or Iraq

"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

dated 715 AH/1315 CE

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