id:			124422
accession number:	1945.383.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.383.b
updated:		2022-09-10 09:59:09.609000

Text Page, Arabic Prose (verso) Text from The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices (Automata) of Inb al-Razza al-Jazari, 1315. Syria, Damascus, Mamluk Period, 14th Century. Ink and opaque watercolor on paper; overall: 31.3 x 21.5 cm (12 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1945.383.b

title:				Text Page, Arabic Prose (verso) Text from The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices (Automata) of Inb al-Razza al-Jazari
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			1315
creation date earliest:		1315
creation date latest:		1315
current location:		
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

---

culture:	Syria, Damascus, Mamluk Period, 14th Century
technique:	ink and opaque watercolor on paper
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Manuscript
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

---

CREATORS

---

measurements: Overall: 31.3 x 21.5 cm (12 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
state of the work:	
edition of the work: 	

support materials:


inscriptions:

	inscription:	script:  Naskh
	translation:	
	remark:		

---

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

---

LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

---

PROVENANCE

	(Hagop Kevorkian [1872–1962], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1945
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1945-
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


---

fun fact: 


digital description: 


wall description: 
The Arabic title of this work is <em>Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al handasiyya</em> (The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices). According to the description of the device illustrated on the other side of this page, the peacock is filled with water: as it flows into the vessel below, it raises a float that opens a door in the section above, causing the little figure to move forward offering soap; as more water flows, a second door will open and another figure will move forward offering a towel. Finally, the dirty water is drawn off by means of a spigot.
---

RELATED WORKS

---

CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 717
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n131

---

IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1945.383.b/1945.383.b_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1945.383.b/1945.383.b_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1945.383.b/1945.383.b_full.tif