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The Elephant Clock — al-Jazari’s Book of Ingenious Devices
A folio depicting the Elephant Clock from al-Jazari’s "Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices". This 1315 CE copy documents one of the most inventive automata of the medieval Islamic engineering tradition.
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Format
Digitised manuscript folio
Identifier
AF-2203Rights
CC0 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication) — The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access.
License
CC0
Location
Diyarbakır (Amid)