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Painting from the Ibn Tulun Mosque
(لوحة من مسجد ابن طولون)

Title	Painting from the Ibn Tulun Mosque
Title Original	لوحة من مسجد ابن طولون
Publication Date:	Approximately 265 AH / approximately 879 AD
Publication Place	- David Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	Inv.no. 1/2002
Record ID	object;EPM;dn;Mus21;11;ar
Library Location	David Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark
Date	Approximately 265 AH / approximately 879 AD
Notes	The painting was originally part of a frieze with bands of verses from the Qur’an, which is about two kilometers long. The inscription is in simple, thick Kufic script, whose decorative element increases slightly in width at the end of the letters. The painting was purchased in Cairo in 1848 by the French Consul Delaporte, and after the restoration process, it was installed in the Ibn Tulun Mosque.
Sample Text	“Painting from the Ibn Tulun Mosque” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;dn;Mus21;11;ar

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Painting from the Ibn Tulun Mosque

(لوحة من مسجد ابن طولون)

Publication Date Approximately 265 AH / approximately 879 AD

Publication Place - David Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID Inv.no. 1/2002

Record ID object;EPM;dn;Mus21;11;ar

Library Location David Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark

Date Approximately 265 AH / approximately 879 AD

Notes The painting was originally part of a frieze with bands of verses from the Qur’an, which is about two kilometers long. The inscription is in simple, thick Kufic script, whose decorative element increases slightly in width at the end of the letters. The painting was purchased in Cairo in 1848 by the French Consul Delaporte, and after the restoration process, it was installed in the Ibn Tulun Mosque.

Sample Text “Painting from the Ibn Tulun Mosque” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;dn;Mus21;11;ar