LNS 17 MS f 123v

Folio from The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by Isma‘il ibn ar-Razzaz al-Jazari, illustrating the water-powered mechanism for a ‘perpetual flute’, the text in elegant naskhi script; signed by the calligrapher Farrukh ibn ‘Abd al-Latif

Inv. no. LNS 17 MS f 123v
Ink, colours and gold on paper
Height 31.2 cm; width 21.5 cm
Probably Syria or India [more likely Iraq], dated Ramadan 715 AH/December 1315 AD

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LNS 17 MS f 123v

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