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Double-leaf door
(باب ذو مصراعين)

Title	Double-leaf door
Title Original	باب ذو مصراعين
Publication Date:	XIII century
Publication Place	- Museum of Islamic Art
Subject	Walnut wood, engraved with colored edges.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع:182 سم؛ عرض:116 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	I. 2672
Record ID	object;ISL;de;Mus01;21;ar
Library Location	Museum of Islamic Art
Date	XIII century
Notes	Wooden doors decorated with braided star motifs were generally used in the mosques of the Seljuks, who loved complex geometric decorations that were designed and executed by talented woodcarving artists. The wide, low areas of the main surfaces of the door were decorated with exquisite geometric carvings, and the individual surfaces were decorated with stylized arabesque branches forming groups of individual botanical scenes. These geometric drawings are composed of repeated, successive inscriptions consisting of pentagons, small hexagons, and triangular and diamond shapes. Also, these engraved areas that are lower than their neighbors are not placed next to each other as is usual, but rather form successive drawings and inscriptions that extend over all the areas of the door that were engraved. As for the wide surrounding edges, they are decorated with intersecting branches of arabesque. On the upper half of the door there is an inscription on a blue ground, which is verse 18 of Surat Al-Tawbah from the Holy Qur’an: “The mosques of God are inhabited only by those who believe in God and the Last Day.” This writing was completed at the time on the door of a side room on the southern side. This section is also present in the Museum of Islamic Art, and the continuation of the verse is: “And he established prayer and paid zakat.” Thus, I have mentioned the most important acts of worship for Muslims, from the Shahada to prayer and zakat. Unlike the double-leaf doors in the great foyer, with their lower areas decorated with floral designs, this one is completely flat and painted with geometric designs. One of the doors of the large foyer is located today in the Konya Museum under museum number 330.
Sample Text	Annette Hagedorn “Double-leaf door” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;de;Mus01;21;ar

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Double-leaf door

(باب ذو مصراعين)

Publication Date XIII century

Publication Place - Museum of Islamic Art

Subject Walnut wood, engraved with colored edges.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع:182 سم؛ عرض:116 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID I. 2672

Record ID object;ISL;de;Mus01;21;ar

Library Location Museum of Islamic Art

Date XIII century

Notes Wooden doors decorated with braided star motifs were generally used in the mosques of the Seljuks, who loved complex geometric decorations that were designed and executed by talented woodcarving artists. The wide, low areas of the main surfaces of the door were decorated with exquisite geometric carvings, and the individual surfaces were decorated with stylized arabesque branches forming groups of individual botanical scenes. These geometric drawings are composed of repeated, successive inscriptions consisting of pentagons, small hexagons, and triangular and diamond shapes. Also, these engraved areas that are lower than their neighbors are not placed next to each other as is usual, but rather form successive drawings and inscriptions that extend over all the areas of the door that were engraved. As for the wide surrounding edges, they are decorated with intersecting branches of arabesque. On the upper half of the door there is an inscription on a blue ground, which is verse 18 of Surat Al-Tawbah from the Holy Qur’an: “The mosques of God are inhabited only by those who believe in God and the Last Day.” This writing was completed at the time on the door of a side room on the southern side. This section is also present in the Museum of Islamic Art, and the continuation of the verse is: “And he established prayer and paid zakat.” Thus, I have mentioned the most important acts of worship for Muslims, from the Shahada to prayer and zakat. Unlike the double-leaf doors in the great foyer, with their lower areas decorated with floral designs, this one is completely flat and painted with geometric designs. One of the doors of the large foyer is located today in the Konya Museum under museum number 330.

Sample Text Annette Hagedorn “Double-leaf door” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;de;Mus01;21;ar