象钟：《精巧机械装置的知识》中的一页

Calligrapher Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif
Author Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari

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这是伊斯梅尔·加扎里写于1315年的机械发明专著中的一页。他的象钟尤其精妙：每隔半小时，圆顶上的小鸟就会鸣叫，下面的人把球抛到龙嘴里，驾象的人则用刺棒赶象。这件自动装置让人想到中世纪欧洲市政厅上精心制作的时钟，时钟上可移动的人物按时出来表演，让时光流逝也成为一件趣事。这是从叙利亚保存至今的罕见对开本，那里现存的这一时期的手抄本寥寥无几。

"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari, Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

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