المؤلف
Unknown (maker)
تاريخ النشر
1296
مكان النشر
Egypt (made) Cairo (made) -
الموضوع
Islam Africa Woodwork
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
From register length: 18.625in, From register height: .125in
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
1085:1-1869
رقم السجل
1085:1-1869
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
التاريخ
1296
ملاحظات
These eight panels are amongst the finest examples of Egyptian Mamluk woodcarving (the Mamluks ruled Egypt and Syria between 1250 and 1517A.D). Such panels were used to decorate objects known as the minbar (pulpit in a mosque). Each individual panel formed part of the complex wooden inlay which covered the minbar. Mamluk carpentry techniques were highly innovative as once made, the wooden objects had to withstand the heat and humidity of the Egyptian climate. Such objects were made without any adhesive as the objects would expand and be damaged by the heat. This group of panels once formed the surface decoration of a minbar commissioned by Sultan Lajin (d. 1299 A.D). It was built in 1296 A.D and placed in the ninth century Mosque of Ibn Tulun. As a Mamluk officer Lajin used the dilapidated mosque for shelter during a period of civil unrest, as he hid from his political enemies. He vowed that if he survived, he would repay the mosque by repairing it to its former glory. These exquisite minbar panels are an example of his vow. The Lajin panels are important examples of early Mamluk woodcarving, as they attest to the skill and creativity of early Mamluk carpentry. According to Stanley Lane-Poole (1854 â 1931 A.D.) in his book The Art of the Saracens in Egypt, the Lajin minbar panels were exceptional examples of carving skill and creativity; the panels represent the peak of Mamluk minbar design. The panels are also excellent examples of Mamluk wood carving: ivory would later eclipse wood as the chief material used in minbar inlay, as wood panel production declined during the fifteenth century.
نص عينة
Transliteration,
İlişki
Paris Exhibition, 1867 Husayn Fahmi Cairo
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Carved and inlaid panels: possibly made from rosewood and ebony woods Rosewood Ebony
Parçalar
Panels, Architectural Panel, Architectural Panel, Architectural Panel, Architectural Panel, Architectural Panel, Architectural Panel, Architectural Panel, Architectural Panel
Fiziksel açıklama
A group of eight wooden panels carved in different levels of relief. The borders of all eight panels have been inlaid with narrow bands of wood. Two carved motifs are visible within the bands: a dark floral scrollwork and a lighter coloured studded strapwork. The dark floral scrollwork, forms the central carved design. Interlaced witn the floral scrollwork and carved in relief, is the lighter studded strapwork. Photography gives a clearer impression of the colouration of the scrollwork and strapwork. No two panels are the same: each has been carved with a different design. The shapes of the panels also vary. The group of panels is comprised of an eight sided star, a number of hexagonal panels and a trapezoid.
Üslup
Mamluk
