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A Saracenic Fan Vaulted Porch

Drawing
1913 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rogers, John C (artist)

Drawings of the Koran School, Jerusalem (on 2 sheets joined). On the left sheet are elevations of a vaulted porch, with a door inside, along with section details of conoids. On the right sheet are plans of the vault and arches.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Architecture
Designs
Object type
Drawing
TitleA Saracenic Fan Vaulted Porch (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pencil, pen and ink and water-colour
Pencil
Pen and Ink
Water-Colour
Drawing
Brief description
Drawing by John C. Rogers of the Koran School, Haram esh-Sherif, Jerusalem. Elevation and plans of the fan vaulted porch. Pencil, pen and ink, and water-colour, 1913.
Physical description
Drawings of the Koran School, Jerusalem (on 2 sheets joined). On the left sheet are elevations of a vaulted porch, with a door inside, along with section details of conoids. On the right sheet are plans of the vault and arches.
Dimensions
  • Height: 50.8cm
  • Width: 68.6cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'J C. Rogers 1913' (Signed and dated)
  • 'A Saracenic Vaulted Porch - Being the Entrance to a Koran School in the Temple Area, Jerusalem' (Inscribed with title)
  • 'This vaulted Porch, and excellent example of Saracenic masonry and geometrical proportion stands at an angle in an arcade of similar arches, giving access to numerous apartments built within the boundary wall of the Temple Area, the centre of which is occupied by The Dome of the Rock (Mosque of Omar). The doorway, arches, and fan vault are constructed in accurately cut stones of alternate cream and red-brown colour, thus distinctly emphasising the horizontal joints and providing a pleasing surface decoration in itself. The haunches of the vault, which are comparatively small, are filled in with rough stones grouted solid with mortar.' (Inscribed with note)
Credit line
Given by Mr John Harvey, FSA, FRSL.
Object history
Drawn by J C Rogers from notes by William Harvey. A view of the porch by William Harvey is E.1263-1963.
Subjects depicted
Schools
Qur'an
Arch
Plans
Place depicted
Jerusalem (City)
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1264-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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