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On display at V&A South Kensington
Islamic Middle East, Room 42, The Jameel Gallery

This object consists of 4 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Door Post

Artist/Maker

In Ottoman buildings, doors and window-shutters often have two wings. The gap between them is covered by an astragal, a narrow vertical stile attached to the edge of one of the wings, designed to prevent draughts. In Middle Eastern languages, this is called the "nose" of the door (bīnī in Persian and Ottoman Turkish). This metal example is from the huge doors of the Great Mosque (Ulu Cami) of Bursa, which was completed in 1399–1400 (802 in the Hijri calendar) by Sultan Bayezid I.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 4 parts.

  • Door Post
  • Door Post
  • Panel
  • Panel
Materials and techniques
Brass, cast
Brief description
Astragal (door fitting), copper alloy, from the Great Mosque of Bursa, Turkey, ca. 1400.
Physical description
Astragal from a set of doors, in two pieces, partly restored in plaster, together with two additional modern pieces which formed part of a 19th century French restoration.
Dimensions
  • When assembled height: 454.7cm
  • At greatest extent width: 4.25in
Styles
Gallery label
Jameel Gallery Brass Door Fitting (above) Turkey, probably Bursa About 1400 In Ottoman buildings, doors and window-shutters often have two wings. The gap between them is covered by a narrow vertical bar, designed to prevent draughts. This metal example is from the huge doors of the Great Mosque of Bursa, which was built in 1399–1400 by Sultan Bayezit I. Brass, cast in sections and joined, with silver inlay and later gilding Museum no. 34&A-1890 (2006)
Summary
In Ottoman buildings, doors and window-shutters often have two wings. The gap between them is covered by an astragal, a narrow vertical stile attached to the edge of one of the wings, designed to prevent draughts. In Middle Eastern languages, this is called the "nose" of the door (bīnī in Persian and Ottoman Turkish). This metal example is from the huge doors of the Great Mosque (Ulu Cami) of Bursa, which was completed in 1399–1400 (802 in the Hijri calendar) by Sultan Bayezid I.
Collection
Accession number
34 to C-1890

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Record createdDecember 5, 2003
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