ManuscriptsArab14th century
Zodiac from the Castle Water Clock (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Kitab fi Ma 'rifat al-Hiyal al-Handasiya (Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices)
1354
Artists
al-JazariArtist
Dimensions
folio: 39 x 27.4 cm (15 3/8 x 10 13/16 in.)
Provenance
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Bequest.
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