1960.191: Zodiac from the Castle Water Clock (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Kitab fi Ma 'rifat al-Hiyal al-Handasiya (Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices)
Manuscripts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1960.191
- People
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al-Jazari, Egyptian (14th century)
- Title
- Zodiac from the Castle Water Clock (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Kitab fi Ma 'rifat al-Hiyal al-Handasiya (Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices)
- Other Titles
- Series/Book Title: Kitab fi Ma 'rifat al-Hiyal al-Handasiya
- Classification
- Manuscripts
- Work Type
- manuscript folio
- Date
- 1354
- Places
- Creation Place: Africa, Egypt, Cairo?
- Period
- Mamluk period
- Culture
- Arab
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/215674
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- folio: 39 x 27.4 cm (15 3/8 x 10 13/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Bequest.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
- Accession Year
- 1960
- Object Number
- 1960.191
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Publication History
- Eric Schroeder, "Mrs. Rockefeller's Miniatures at the Fogg", The Connoisseur (August 1961), vol. 148, pp. 70-75, fig. 2
- Marianna Shreve Simpson, Arab and Persian Painting in the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1980), pp. 15, 112, no. 45
- al-Jazari, Compendium on the Theory and Practice of the Mechanical Arts, ed. Dr. Fuat Sezgin, Institute for the History of Arabic-Islamic Science (Frankfurt, 2002)
Exhibition History
- Islamic Art From the Collections of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 08/01/1974
- Diverse are their Hues: Animals in Islamic Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 12/18/1984 - 02/09/1985
- Islamic Art: The Power of Pattern, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/23/1989 - 01/17/1990
- 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/17/2017 - 05/08/2017
Verification Level
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