Author
Unknown (maker)
Publication Date
1296
Publication Place
Egypt (made) Cairo (made) -
Subject
Africa Islam Woodwork
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Top panel height: 9cm, Top panel width: 31cm, Top panel depth: 2.7cm, Panel fourth from top height: 9.5cm, Panel fourth from top width: 30.5cm, Panel fourth from top depth: 1.5cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
1052:1 to 6-1869
Record ID
1052:1 to 6-1869
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1296
Notes
These six panels are fine examples of Mamluk woodcarving. The Mamluks ruled both Egypt and Syria between 1250 and 1517A.D. They were keen patrons of architecture and built many sacred buildings in the city of Cairo. This group of panels once formed the surface decoration of a minbar (pulpit in a mosque) which was commissioned by Sultan Lajin (d. 1299 A.D) in Cairo, Egypt. It was made in 1296 A.D and placed in the Mosque of Ibn Tulun (built 876-79A.D). Lajin chose to restore the mosque, after he used the dilapidated building as a shelter whilst hiding from his enemies. He vowed that if he survived, he would repay the mosque by repairing it to its former glory. These exquisite minbar panels are an example of his vow.
Sample Text
Transliteration,
İlişki
Paris Exhibition, 1867 Husayn Fahmi Cairo
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Wood carved with two levels of relief. Wood Carving
Parçalar
Panels, Frieze Panel, Frieze Panel, Frieze Panel, Frieze Panel, Frieze Panel
Fiziksel açıklama
This object is comprised of six rectangular panels. Four panels have been carved with Arabic inscriptions. The surface of the other two panels has been incised with floriated circular scrollwork. On one of the scrollwork panels there is evidence of a yellow pigment, which suggests that the panel was once painted.
Üretim
Comes from the minbar commissioned by Sultan Lajin for the Mosque of Ibn Tulun in 1296.
Üslup
Mamluk
