[Four treatises on Automata]: (1)"A monumental Water Clock" ; (2) "A Musical Automaton"; (3) "Selections from al-Harakât (Movements) including also chapter I of al-Jazarî's Kitâb fî marifat al-hiyal al-handasiyyah; (4) Hiyal [Devices]

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Names: Banû Mûsâ ibn al-Shâkir al-Munajjim (Author)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1621-01-29 (Inferred)
Library locations: Spencer Collection; Shelf locator: Spencer Coll. Indo-Pers. MS. 2
Topics: Manuscripts, Arabic
Genres: Manuscripts; Illustrations
Notes: Acquisition: Purchased in London, 1953; Content: (1)"A monumental Water Clock" [ff.1-17v] ; (2) "A Musical Automaton" [ff. 17v-21]; (3) "Selections from al-Harakât (Movements) including also chapter I of category 2 of al-Jazarî's Kitâb fî ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyyah (=Book of Knowledge of Mechanical Devices) [ff. 35-36v]; (4) Hiyal (Devices) [ff. 37v-40]; Content: Illustrated or heavily overpainted in the early nineteenth century. [Schmitz, p.165]; Language: In Arabic.; Source identifier: Incipit: f. 1v. Idhâ aradta dhâlika fa-i'mîd ilâ nuhâs ... ; f. 18. Nattakhidu sandûq ... ; f. 28v. san'at inâ' idhâ sabba fihî shay' min al-rutûbât ... ; f. 37v. san'at sirâj yusabbu fihî al-zayt ...; Date: Date created: 5 Rabi' I 1030 (Islamic calendar)
Physical Description: Extent: Thick yellowish paper. 40 folios. 29.5 x 16 cm. Naskh. [Drawings]
Type of Resource: Still image; Text
Identifiers: Photo Order: 65130; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 526ab8a0-c11e-013b-eaba-0242ac110002

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