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accession number: 1945.383.b
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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
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creation date: 1315
creation date earliest: 1315
creation date latest: 1315
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Syria, Damascus, Mamluk Period, 14th Century
technique: ink and opaque watercolor on paper
department: Islamic Art
collection: Islamic Art
type: Manuscript
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measurements: Overall: 31.3 x 21.5 cm (12 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
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inscription: script: Naskh
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(Hagop Kevorkian [1872–1962], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1945
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1945-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Hollis, Howard. "Page from an Automata Manuscript." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 33, no. 6 (June 1946): 85-87.
page number: Mentioned: p. 85
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141286
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 717
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n131
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