Peacock hand-washing device and verso — Cleveland 1945.383

طاووس غسل اليدين وظهر الورقة — كليفلاند 1945.383

Catalogue and recto/verso images of a Syrian leaf from a 1315 copy of al-Jazari's book. The verso entry explains a float releasing soap- and towel-bearing figures; the museum explicitly says actual construction is uncertain.

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islam.museum contributors. “Peacock hand-washing device and verso — Cleveland 1945.383”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/source/cleveland-jazari-peacock/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-05.

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