{"product_id":"17849-allahs-automata","title":"Allah\u0026#x27;s Automata","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003eCenturies before the first automata caused a sensation in Europe, their technology had been developed in Arabic-Islamic cultures: as early as between the ninth and thirteenth centuries, Arabic scholars noted down their knowledge about machines, which they had acquired through the translation and further development of antique texts, in praise of God Almighty. The opulent publication introduces four master manuscripts on the construction of automata: two works by the Ban\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003eu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e M\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003eu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003es\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003ea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e Ibn-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u0026Scaron;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003eh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003ea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003ekir from the mid-ninth century, one by the engineer Ibn al-Razz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003ea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003ez\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003eal-Jazar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003ei\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e written in around 1200, as well as a manuscript by the Andalusian engineer Ah\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003emad ibn Khalaf al-Mur\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003ea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003ed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003ei\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e from the eleventh century.\u003c!--?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" \/--\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003eAccompanying essays reconstruct the development of the Muslim automata from the traditions of Alexandria, Rome, or Byzantium from a media-archeological perspective and throw light on their advancement in Europe.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt\"\u003eExhibition: ZKM Zentrum f\u0026uuml;r\u003ca name=\"_GoBack\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe 31.10.2015\u0026ndash;28.2.2016\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49811883360520,"sku":"9783775741064","price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775741064_4f15bf4d-dc62-4c9c-8dd7-30a39fe5f7a9.jpg?v=1744040272","url":"https:\/\/www.hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/17849-allahs-automata","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}