Folio from Kitab fi maarifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices), Automata by al-Jazari; recto part of a water-clock, with a man seated; verso text, Mamluk period (1354)

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Folio from Kitab fi maarifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices), Automata by al-Jazari; recto part of a water-clock, with a man seated; verso text, Mamluk period (1354)