Publication Date
729 / 1328- 1329
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Record ID
monument;ISL;pa;Mon01;7;ar
Library Location
The building is located on the eastern side of Bab al-Silsilah Road, along the western border of the Holy Mosque, Jerusalem
Date
729 / 1328- 1329
Notes
The Al-Tankaziyya Madrasa is a large architectural complex that served several religious and educational functions. It includes three floors: ground, mezzanine, and upper. The Tanakziyya School has a northern facade overlooking Bab al-Silsilah Road, and an eastern facade that opens onto the Holy Mosque Square. A luxurious memorial entrance was opened on the northern façade, leading into the school. This entrance consists of an inward-recessed apse, crowned with a pointed arch and roofed with a canopy (half dome) in which is engraved a decoration consisting of the knight’s insignia (a series of the number “8” superimposed on top of each other) that radiates from three centres. This hat is based on three rows of muqarnas. A rectangular door opening was opened in the lower wall of the apse, surmounted by a very large lintel with a band of interlaced cymbals above it. Above the cymbals is the founding painting of the building, which is interspersed with the blazon (emblem) of the Amirtanks, formed from a large cup painted inside a circle. The entrance leads to a dargah (distributing corridor) that leads first to an open courtyard surrounded by four iwans. In the middle of the courtyard is a beautiful marble fountain, and above it is a fan vault, in the middle of which is an octagonal rattle hole. In the qibla wall (southern wall) of the southern iwan there is a mihrab covered with marble inlays whose decoration consists of geometric and floral elements. The entrance also leads to a corridor in the southern wall of which a door opens that leads to the rest of the parts of the madrasa, which consists of rooms and halls used to house students and Sufis. The Tunkazi madrasa is rich in its Mamluk architectural vocabulary and decorative elements, especially those that appear in the northern entrance to the madrasa, its marble floors and molding bands. The school enjoyed abundant income from the numerous endowments it received, which were generously spent on its administrative and educational systems.
Sample Text
Yusuf al-Natsheh “The Tanazi School” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;pa;Mon01;7;ar
