نویسنده
Unknown (made)
تاریخ انتشار
1700
محل انتشار
Cairo (made) Egypt (made) -
موضوع
Africa Islam Woodwork
نوع
دیگر
زبان
نامشخص
دیجیتال
بله
نسخه خطی
خیر
ابعاد فیزیکی
Height: 420cm, Width: 11.3cm
کتابخانه
Victoria and Albert Museum
شناسه دارایی کتابخانه
143-1881
شماره ثبت
143-1881
محل کتابخانه
Middle East Section
تاریخ
1700
یادداشتها
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.
