Editing Elephant Clock

==Overview and Issues==
The story behind the amazing Elephant Clock.
* [[WG131]]

==Abstract==
In SOTR the Emperor presents Nicholas with a manuscript by the 12th-century inventor al-Jazari: this would have been his 'Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices'. In it al-Jazari gives detailed instructions for the construction of 50 machines and devices, including the famous Elephant Clock, which Nicholas then manages to reproduce for the Emperor. The author discovered that a full-scale replica has been built for the Ibn Battuta Mall, Dubai in 2005. The elephant clock was especially intricate: every half hour, the bird on the dome whistled; the man below dropped a ball into the dragon’s mouth, and the driver hit the elephant with his goad. While illustrated manuscripts were growing increasingly popular at the time, this folio is a rare survival from Syria, where few such manuscripts are known from this date.

==Author==
* [[Alison Stewart-Klein]]

==Dunnett Book References==
* [[SOTR 29]], [[SOTR 32]],

== People==
* [[al-Jazari]]

== Fictional Character==
* Violante 
* [[Nicholas de Fleury|Nicholas van der Pole]]

==Locations==
* [[Dubai]]
* [[China]]
* [[India]]
* [[Persia]]
* [[Egypt]]
* [[Tunisia]]
* [[Andalusia]]

==Literature==
* 'Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices' by al-Jazari.

==Illustrations==
* "The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari
dated A.H. 715/ A.D. 1315. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451402

==Historical Events==
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==Other References==
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==Quotes from Dunnett==
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