Sujet
Miniature from a Mamluk copy of the Automata of al Jaziri or the Book of Knowledge of Mechanical Devices
Légende
Miniature from a Mamluk copy of the Automata of al Jaziri or the Book of Knowledge of Mechanical Devices, In this device the boat has a slow leak which causes it to submerge in exactly one hour. To record this a pipe is sounded by a whistle mechanism inside the effigy of the man. Water Raising Machines chapter. Egypt. Islamic. Mamluk copy, first written 1181 1206. Dyarbakir.
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A20_354
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
38,5Mo (3,1Mo) / 35,0cm x 27,6cm / 4134 x 3254 (300dpi)