Miniature from a Mamluk copy of the Automata of al Jaziri or the Book of Knowledge of Mechanical Devices, Depiction of wine reservoir and its float, which moves the standing man and the door leaves. The reservoir fills with wine and empties regulated by the movement of the man. From Trick Vessels chapter. Egypt. Islamic. Mamluk copy, first written 1181 1206. Dyarbakir.