نویسنده
Unknown (maker)
تاریخ انتشار
1296
محل انتشار
Egypt (made) Cairo (made) -
موضوع
Islam Africa Woodwork
نوع
دیگر
زبان
نامشخص
دیجیتال
بله
نسخه خطی
خیر
ابعاد فیزیکی
From register length: 18.625in, From register height: .125in
کتابخانه
Victoria and Albert Museum
شناسه دارایی کتابخانه
1085:1-1869
شماره ثبت
1085:1-1869
محل کتابخانه
Middle East Section
تاریخ
1296
یادداشتها
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.
متن نمونه
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
