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Castle clock — Boston1354 folio

ساعة القلعة — ورقة بوسطن1354

Painting in a later copy of al-Jazari's book, not surviving apparatus 1.

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Painted1354 folio: zodiac arch above two door rows, two falcons over vessels, arched roundels and musicians; later manuscript copy.
Museum of Fine Arts Boston14.533 / Google Art Project, via Wikimedia Commons, File:Al-Jazari's "Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices"- The Castle Water Clock - Google Art Project.jpg. Actual Commons file-page: faithful reproduction of public-domain two-dimensional art, PD-Art/PD-old-100 and Public Domain Mark1.0. Manuscript1354, not al-Jazari autograph, surviving clock or the distinct1315 copy. Unaltered externally hosted image, display-scaled only. · Licence: PD · Open full image

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  1. MFA Boston: castle-clock painting14.533 , catalogue
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