Author
Unknown (made)
Publication Date
1700
Publication Place
Cairo (made) Egypt (made) -
Subject
Africa Islam Woodwork
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Height: 420cm, Width: 11.3cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
143-1881
Record ID
143-1881
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1700
Notes
Mihrab is a semicircular niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the qibla; that is, the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca and hence the direction that Muslims should face when praying. The wall in which a mihrab appears is thus the "qibla wall". This mihrab is a portable one, as it was not built directly into the wall structure of the mosque. Surviving portable mihrabs date back to the Fatimid period in Egypt (12th century), but this example is believed to have come from the mosque of Sheykh Abdallah, near the citadel in Cairo, and is dated to the 18th century.
İlişki
Greville John Chester
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Carved wood; painted
Fiziksel açıklama
Rectangular shaped, carved stalactite-like (or honey-comb) decorated prayer niche (mihrab), with each element painted with red, dark green and white floral sprays and arabesque patterning.
