- Provenance
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To 1930
Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York to 1930 [1]From 1930
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York in 1930 [2]Notes:
[1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
[2] See note 1.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Hagop Kevorkian 1872-1962
- Description
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Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Kitab fi ma`arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices), “Automata,” by al-Jazari; text: Arabic in black and red naskh script; recto: illustration and text: A candle clock; verso: text: one column, twenty one lines; one of a group of 8 folios.
- Published References
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- Benjamin Rowland, Laurence Sickman, H. G. Henderson, Robert Treat Paine, Richard Ettinghausen, Eric Schroeder. The University Prints. Oriental Art Series O 4 vols. Newton, Massachusetts, 1938-1941. Section 4: Iranian and Islamic Art, pl. 518.
- Antonio Garcia Jaen. Arte y Artistas Musulmanes. Madrid. pl. 34.
- Anna Contadini. The Kitab Manafi 'al Hayawan in the Escorial Library. no. 3. p. 43, q.
- Dr. Esin Atil. Art of the Arab World. Exh. cat. Washington, 1975. cat. 46, p. 105.
- Ivan Stchoukine. Un Manuscript du Traite d'al-Jazari, sur les Automates du VII siecle de l'Hegire. vol. 6, no. 11 Paris, March 1934. pp. 134-140.
- The Book of Ingenious Devices [Kitab al-hiyal]. Dordrecht, Holland and Boston. p. 217, pl. 11.
- Collection Area(s)
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Web Resources
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