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Syria: Automated musical band, from al Jazari's 'Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices' (1315 CE)

A painting on paper in color and gold leaf from al-Jazari's ' Kitab fi marifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya' (The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices). Abu al-'Iz Ibn Isma'il ibn al-Razaz al-Jazari (1136–1206) was a polymath: a scholar, inventor, mechanical engineer, craftsman, artist, mathematician and astronomer from Al-Jazira, Mesopotamia, who worked in service of the Artuqid dynasty in Diyarbakir, Asia Minor. He is best known for writing the Kitáb fí ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya (Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices) in 1206, where he described fifty mechanical devices along with instructions on how to construct them.

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Titre: Syria: Automated musical band, from al Jazari's 'Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices' (1315 CE)

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A painting on paper in color and gold leaf from al-Jazari's ' Kitab fi marifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya' (The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices). Abu al-'Iz Ibn Isma'il ibn al-Razaz al-Jazari (1136–1206) was a polymath: a scholar, inventor, mechanical engineer, craftsman, artist, mathematician and astronomer from Al-Jazira, Mesopotamia, who worked in service of the Artuqid dynasty in Diyarbakir, Asia Minor. He is best known for writing the Kitáb fí ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya (Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices) in 1206, where he described fifty mechanical devices along with instructions on how to construct them.

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Taille de l'image: 5000 × 3544 px | 50.7 MB

Taille d'impression: 42.3 × 30.0 cm | 1968.5 × 1395.3 in (300 dpi)

Mots clés: ANT. OR.: SYRIE • ARABE • ARABIE • ART (CATÉGORIE) • ART SYRIEN • ART • ART, PEINTURE • ASIE • ASIE, CONTINENT • CHANSONS • CHANT • CONTINENT ASIE • HISOIRE • HISTOIRE • ISLAM • ISLAMIQUE • ISLMAM • MACHINE • MUSIQUE • MUSIQUE: CHANSONS • MUSISQUE • MUSULMAN • MUSULMANE • MUSUSLMAN • PEINTURE • SYRIE • SYRIE, ANT. OR. • SYRIEN • TABLEAU • TABLEAUX