"Design for a Clock in the Form of an Elephant with an Indian Driver", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge

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Design for a Clock in the Form of an Elephant with an Indian Driver', Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari, dated 715 1315, Attributed to probably Syria, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, H. 11 3/8 in. ( cm), Codices, This page comes from a treatise on fantastic devices invented by the author al-Jazari (1136–1206). The painting illustrates his design for a water clock in the form of an elephant with an Indian driver holding a pickax and a mallet

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