Publication Date
1338
Publication Place
Egypt (made) Cairo (made) -
Subject
Africa Islam Woodwork
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
From register length: 18.625in, From register height: .125in
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
1083-1869
Record ID
1083-1869
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1338
Notes
These panels were probably once part of the minbar from the Mosque of Altinbugha Al-Maridani in Cairo (1339 to 40 A.D). Altinbugha Al-Maridani (1318 to 1343A.D) was governor of Aleppo between 1342-1343 A.D. His mosque was built in 1339-40 A.D. It was praised by the historian al-Yusufi (1277 -1358 A.D.) as being one of the most lavishly decorated in Cairo. The minbar was part of this rich decorative scheme, which also included an intricately turned wooden screen which still exists today. These panels were identified by Stanley Lane Poole (1854- 1931A.D). According to Lane Poole, the Al-Maridani panels had distinctive inlaid borders formed from a double ivory line, which were enclosed in a series of thin wooden beadings.
İlişki
Paris Exhibition, 1867 Husayn Fahmi Cairo
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Ten carved rosewood panels inlaid with a thin double band of ivory and mounted on a board. Rosewood Ivory Inlaid Carved
Fiziksel açıklama
1083-1869 is composed of ten individual wooden panels mounted on a board. Each wooden panel was once part of a minbar (a pulpit in a mosque). The central decorative feature of each carved panel is a foliated lobed scrollwork carved in relief. Behind this is a carved strapwork also carved in relief. Each panel is carved with a different design. Framing the carved scrollwork and strapwork are two thin inlaid bands of bone or ivory. Between these bands is a carved border filled with a gouged oval pattern. The panels have a dark red colouration, which suggests they were carved from Rosewood. The shapes of the panels vary: there are four octagonal panels, four hexagonal panels and one in the shape of a five pointed star. The five pointed star is inlaid with a more complex ivory border and the central carved design is of wheeled strapwork. Each of the ten individual panels would have formed part of a radiating circle design, which formed the surface of the minbar (pulpit in a mosque). The four octagonal panels formed the central focal point of this pattern: photographic evidence of the panel formation still exists.
Üslup
Mamluk
