Publication Date
700
Publication Place
Iraq (made) -
Subject
Woodwork Architecture
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Height: 170cm, Width: 15cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
W.4-1933
Record ID
W.4-1933
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
700
Notes
One of the most significant objects within the Iraqi collection is this pair of fragmentary leaves from a wooden door, said to have come from Tikrit and datable stylistically to the 8th century (object nos. W.4 and 5-1933). The presence of a large cross carved into one of the door leaves indicates that the panels came from a Christian religious building. The town of Tikrit, 50 km north of Samarra, was the see of a Jacobite bishopric since the 4th century and an important centre of Christianity and Syriac scholarship). In the early centuries of Islamic rule, the town remained almost exclusively Christian, and the ruins of various Christian buildings are said to have survived above ground.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Carved wood
Fiziksel açıklama
Rectangular shaped panel carved along half of its surface with a vertical composition of running floral scrolls.
