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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.191
People
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
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
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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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