"Design for a Cup to Serve Wine at Drinking Parties", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices

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Design for a Cup to Serve Wine at Drinking Parties', 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. 12 3/8 in. ( cm), Codices, This page comes from a treatise on fantastic devices invented by the author al-Jazari. This goblet is described in the text as 'arbitrating' at drinking parties: the bird atop the lid whistles until the goblet is full of wine, and then continues to whistle until the chosen guest empties it

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