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A blazon (coat of arms) on a piece of stone
(رنك شعار النبالةعلى قطعة من الحجر)

Title	A blazon (coat of arms) on a piece of stone
Title Original	رنك شعار النبالةعلى قطعة من الحجر
Publication Date:	Late ninth - early tenth / late fifteenth - early sixteenth centuries
Publication Place	- Islamic Section, National Museum in Aleppo
Subject	Engraved stone.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع: 51.4سم؛ العرض 55سم؛ العمق: 18.7سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	533
Record ID	object;ISL;sy;Mus01_A;48;ar
Library Location	Islamic Section, National Museum in Aleppo
Date	Late ninth - early tenth / late fifteenth - early sixteenth centuries
Notes	The princely coats of arms played an important role during the Mamluk period, and were widely used in architecture, on metal pieces, textiles, glass, and pottery. Their use was limited to sultans and officers, who were given their own coats of arms, each according to his rank. It is noted that while the Bahri Mamluks used their blazon alone to represent their position, the tower Mamluks incorporated a group of princely symbols that were carried by a group of princes under the command of a single master. The curved stone from the Aleppo Museum that bears the three-field blazon represents a composition commonly used during the late Mamluk period, and it includes the emblem of the jamdar (recipient), the emblem known as the “handkerchief” in the upper field, the cup with a stem, which is the emblem of the cupbearer, and the box of special pens. Baldodar (secretary) in the middle field, surrounded by what has been identified as a pair of horns containing gunpowder, and in the lower field appears another cup with a stem, which is smaller than the first. Meinecke (1972) considers this particular blazon to have been the most common during the late Burji period, and was used by at least 47 princes, and its first use can be traced to Sultan Qaytbay (872-901/68-1496) when he was still officer, and then gave it to his special officers. This blazon remained in use until 922/1517, and reached the point of representing the Mamluk state.
Sample Text	Julia Gonnella “Coat of arms on a piece of stone” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;sy;Mus01_A;48;ar

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A blazon (coat of arms) on a piece of stone

(رنك شعار النبالةعلى قطعة من الحجر)

Publication Date Late ninth - early tenth / late fifteenth - early sixteenth centuries

Publication Place - Islamic Section, National Museum in Aleppo

Subject Engraved stone.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع: 51.4سم؛ العرض 55سم؛ العمق: 18.7سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 533

Record ID object;ISL;sy;Mus01_A;48;ar

Library Location Islamic Section, National Museum in Aleppo

Date Late ninth - early tenth / late fifteenth - early sixteenth centuries

Notes The princely coats of arms played an important role during the Mamluk period, and were widely used in architecture, on metal pieces, textiles, glass, and pottery. Their use was limited to sultans and officers, who were given their own coats of arms, each according to his rank. It is noted that while the Bahri Mamluks used their blazon alone to represent their position, the tower Mamluks incorporated a group of princely symbols that were carried by a group of princes under the command of a single master. The curved stone from the Aleppo Museum that bears the three-field blazon represents a composition commonly used during the late Mamluk period, and it includes the emblem of the jamdar (recipient), the emblem known as the “handkerchief” in the upper field, the cup with a stem, which is the emblem of the cupbearer, and the box of special pens. Baldodar (secretary) in the middle field, surrounded by what has been identified as a pair of horns containing gunpowder, and in the lower field appears another cup with a stem, which is smaller than the first. Meinecke (1972) considers this particular blazon to have been the most common during the late Burji period, and was used by at least 47 princes, and its first use can be traced to Sultan Qaytbay (872-901/68-1496) when he was still officer, and then gave it to his special officers. This blazon remained in use until 922/1517, and reached the point of representing the Mamluk state.

Sample Text Julia Gonnella “Coat of arms on a piece of stone” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;sy;Mus01_A;48;ar