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Pair of doors (pulpit)
(زوج من الأبواب منبر)

Title	Pair of doors (pulpit)
Title Original	زوج من الأبواب منبر
Publication Date:	Approximately 725-31 AH / approximately 1325-30 AD
Publication Place	- Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject	Wood (rosewood and mulberry wood) carved and inlaid with carved ivory, ebony and other woods
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع : 196.2 سم ، العرض : 88.9 سم ،العمق : 4.4 سم ، وزن القطعة تقريبا :80-120 رطل(القطعة مركبة ضمن ستاند قائم بشكل حر)
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	91.1.2064
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus23;3;ar
Library Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date	Approximately 725-31 AH / approximately 1325-30 AD
Notes	The pulpit consists of a platform with two doors at its base and is accessed by a staircase. This pair of doors probably came from the pulpit of the Emir Sayf al-Din Qawsun Mosque in Cairo. The furnishings in the mosques of Cairo, especially during the Mamluk era (1250-1517), were decorated with intricately made polygons. This pair of doors shows a great variety of patterns, most of which are also found in other mediums such as window grilles of carved stone, marble mosaics, and plaster. Precise cutting is required to make these typical pieces noticeable so that each piece reflects the whole.
Sample Text	"Pair of Doors (Minbar)" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;3;ar

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Pair of doors (pulpit)

(زوج من الأبواب منبر)

Publication Date Approximately 725-31 AH / approximately 1325-30 AD

Publication Place - Metropolitan Museum of Art

Subject Wood (rosewood and mulberry wood) carved and inlaid with carved ivory, ebony and other woods

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع : 196.2 سم ، العرض : 88.9 سم ،العمق : 4.4 سم ، وزن القطعة تقريبا :80-120 رطل(القطعة مركبة ضمن ستاند قائم بشكل حر)

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 91.1.2064

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus23;3;ar

Library Location Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date Approximately 725-31 AH / approximately 1325-30 AD

Notes The pulpit consists of a platform with two doors at its base and is accessed by a staircase. This pair of doors probably came from the pulpit of the Emir Sayf al-Din Qawsun Mosque in Cairo. The furnishings in the mosques of Cairo, especially during the Mamluk era (1250-1517), were decorated with intricately made polygons. This pair of doors shows a great variety of patterns, most of which are also found in other mediums such as window grilles of carved stone, marble mosaics, and plaster. Precise cutting is required to make these typical pieces noticeable so that each piece reflects the whole.

Sample Text "Pair of Doors (Minbar)" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;3;ar