Folio from Kitab fi ma'arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (the book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari (d.1206); A musical toy in the form of a boat; reverse: text
- Description
- Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Kitab fi ma'arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices), "Automata,” by al-Jazari; text: Arabic in black naskh script; A musical toy in the form of a boat; reverse: text, one column, 21 lines; one of a group of 8 folios.
- Provenance
- To 1930
- Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York to 1930 [1]
- From 1930
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York in 1930 [2]
- Notes:
- [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
- [2] See note 1.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Art of the Arab World (May 8, 1975 to August 20, 1977)
- Untitled Exhibition, Persian Manuscripts (May 5, 1933 to September 22, 1947)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Calligrapher
- Farruq ibn Abd al-Latif
- Date
- December 1315 (Ramadan 715 A.H.)
- Period
- Mamluk period
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 30.2 x 21.7 cm (11 7/8 x 8 9/16 in)
- Type
- Manuscript
