Title: "Design for the Water Clock of the Peacocks", from the Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya (Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices) by Badi' al-Zaman b. al Razzaz al-Jazari
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date: dated 715 AH/1315 CE
Artist:  Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari 
Artist bio: Northern Mesopotamia 1136–1206 Northern Mesopotamia
Artist role: Author
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: H. 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm)
W. 8 11/16 in. (22.1 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1955
Geography: Attributed to    probably Syria or Iraq      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Arabic, term: Peacocks, term: Clocks