Publication Date
6th / 12th century
Publication Place
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Islamic Museum, Al-Haram Al-Sharif
Subject
Marble shaped by engraving and carving.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع: 84 سم؛ الطول: 348 سم؛ السمك: 12 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
ز/ م/44
Record ID
object;ISL;pa;Mus01;11;ar
Library Location
Islamic Museum, Al-Haram Al-Sharif
Date
6th / 12th century
Notes
The piece is a railing consisting of nine adjacent pointed arches, similar in shape and dimensions, resting on double columns, numbering approximately twenty columns. The decorations of the columns and the decorations of the column capitals differ from each other, but the decorations are similar in each pair of columns and in each pair of capitals. In the middle of the space between each two arches is a circle engraved in marble. Column capitals take one of two forms: the first resembles complex, finely crafted Corinthian capitals, and the second tends to be simple and is closest to a modified pomegranate flower. The necklaces were decorated with engraved decorations in the form of a knight's badge. The details of the column decorations vary, and are generally characterized by the use of a decoration consisting of a series of the number “7” that wraps around the body of the column in a vertical or horizontal manner. The arches are based on marble slabs in the form of panels, each panel resting on the capital of a pair of columns. This railing was installed inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and its purpose was probably decorative, and then it was transferred to the Islamic Museum after restoration work. It can be believed that this piece is related, in terms of the material of manufacture and engraving techniques, to a crusader frieze owned by the museum that was transferred from the Rock Excavation in Jerusalem. The piece may have been made in the same workshop in which the frieze is likely to have been made, which existed in the Holy Mosque during the Crusader period and produced many decorated marble pieces.
Sample Text
Nazmi Al-Ju'beh "Crucifix marble balustrade" in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;pa;Mus01;11;ar
