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Farrukh ibn Abd al-Latif
Description
A Musical Toy from a copy of al-Jazari's treatise on automata, Kitab fi ma'ari-fat al-hiyal al-handasiya (1206 C.E.)
Early 14th century (1315)
Medium Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions H: 30.2 W: 21.7 cm
institution QS:P195,Q1075126
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Purchase, F1930.73
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current22:11, 20 November 2021Thumbnail for version as of 22:11, 20 November 20213,601 × 2,575 (2.61 MB)Nous (talk | contribs)Better quality picture from Google Art
08:49, 15 March 2006Thumbnail for version as of 08:49, 15 March 2006686 × 500 (166 KB)Grenavitar (talk | contribs)* Description: ''from Smithsonian'' :A Musical Toyfrom a copy of al-Jazari's treatise on automata, Kitab fi ma'ari-fat al-hiyal al-handasiya (1206 C.E.) Early 14th century (1315) :Copied by Farrukh ibn Abd al-Latif :Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on pa

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