File:Syria, Damascus, Mamluk Period, 14th Century - Peacock-shaped Hand Washing Device (recto); Text Page, Arabic Prose (verso) - 1945.383 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif
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Peacock-shaped Hand Washing Device (recto); Text Page, Arabic Prose (verso) ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
Peacock-shaped Hand Washing Device (recto); Text Page, Arabic Prose (verso) |
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Object type |
manuscript object_type QS:P31,Q87167 |
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Description |
This leaf from a 1315 Syrian copy of Ibn al-Razzāz al-Jazarī's The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices, written in 1206, depicts a peacock basin automaton for ritual hand washing. There are 15 surviving manuscript copies of al-Jazarī's work, ranging from the early 13th to the late 19th century. An engineer from upper Mesopotamia, al-Jazarī was in the service of King Nasrī al-Dīn when he completed his masterwork, an anthology of automated devices including clocks, trick vessels for drinking sessions, devices for washing, fountains, water-raising machines, and measuring instruments. His designs clearly illustrate that automata were not innovations from Western Europe, but they stemmed from a tradition known in the ancient, Islamic, and Byzantine worlds. We do not know with certainty that al-Jazarī's device was ever actually constructed. |
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Date |
1315 date QS:P571,+1315-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | Opaque watercolor and gold on paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | Overall: 31.3 x 21.5 cm (12 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q657415 |
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Current location |
Islamic Art |
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Accession number |
1945.383 |
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Place of creation | Syria, Damascus, Mamluk Period, 14th Century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.383 |
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