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Candle clock in a1315 folio

الساعة الشمعية في ورقة1315

Sword figure, ball path and candle in a later copy, not original hardware.

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Arabic manuscript page with a candle in an opened column, row of balls, cords and weight, falcon below and seated sword figure above;1315 copy, not an author portrait.
Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art, F1930.71; Purchase—Charles Lang Freer Endowment. Calligraphy credited to Farruq ibn Abd al-Latif. Via Wikimedia Commons, faithful reproduction of public-domain2D work/PD-Art; not an institution-wide CC0 claim. · Licence: PD · Open full image

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  • Candle clock — Freer folio F1930.71
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