"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Name: "The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari
Author: Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari (Northern Mesopotamia 1136–1206 Northern Mesopotamia)

Title	"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari
Author	Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari (Northern Mesopotamia 1136–1206 Northern Mesopotamia)
Publication Date:	dated 715 AH/1315 CE
Publication Place	Made in probably Syria or Iraq -
Subject	Islamic Art
Type	Book
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	H. 11 13/16 in. (30 cm) W. 7 3/4 in. (19.7cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm) Frame: H. 20 1/4 in. (51.4 cm) W. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm)
Library:	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Library Asset ID	57.51.23
Record ID	451402
Library Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date	dated 715 AH/1315 CE
Notes	Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956 — Made in probably Syria or Iraq
Malzeme	Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

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"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Author Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari (Northern Mesopotamia 1136–1206 Northern Mesopotamia)

Publication Date dated 715 AH/1315 CE

Publication Place Made in probably Syria or Iraq -

Subject Islamic Art

Type Book

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions H. 11 13/16 in. (30 cm) W. 7 3/4 in. (19.7cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm) Frame: H. 20 1/4 in. (51.4 cm) W. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm)

Library The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Library Asset ID 57.51.23

Record ID 451402

Library Location Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date dated 715 AH/1315 CE

Notes Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956 — Made in probably Syria or Iraq

Malzeme Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper