"Design on Each Side for Waterwheel Worked by Donkey Power", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Abu'l Izz Isma'il al-Jazari  (1136–1206)

Artist:
Copy by Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif
Object Name:
Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date:
dated A.H. 715/ A.D. 1315
Geography:
probably Syria
Medium:
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H. 11 5/8 in. (29. 5 cm) W. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm) Mat size: H. 14 1/4 in W. 19 in. Frame: H. 16 3/4 in. W. 21 5/8 in
Classification:
Codices
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1955
Accession Number:
55.121.11
140008610

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