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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 · dated 715 AH/1315 CE

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Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif
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dated 715 AH/1315 CE
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Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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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. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451402

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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. CC0. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451402.

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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, dated 715 AH/1315 CE)

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