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Two lecterns (kursi) from the mosque of Mamluk Amir Qijmas al-Ishaqi, Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo

Photograph
ca. 1880
Artist/Maker
Pascal Sebah (photographer)
Place of origin
Cairo (photographed)
Egypt (photographed)
Al-Hakim mosque (photographed)

Albumen print mounted on card showing two lecterns from the Mosque of Kidjmâs-el-Ishaki [Qijmas al-Ishaqi] (1480-81 in the Arab Museum (Mosque of El Hakem), Cairo, Egypt

Object details

Category
Historic Cairo
Object type
Photograph
TitleTwo lecterns (kursi) from the mosque of Mamluk Amir Qijmas al-Ishaqi, Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Albumen print
Photographic Paper
Albumen
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Pascal Sebah, of two lecterns from the Mosque of Kidjmâs-el-Ishaki [Qijmas al-Ishaqi], built in 1480-81, in the Arab Museum (Mosque of El Hakem), Cairo, Egypt, albumen print, 1880's
Physical description
Albumen print mounted on card showing two lecterns from the Mosque of Kidjmâs-el-Ishaki [Qijmas al-Ishaqi] (1480-81 in the Arab Museum (Mosque of El Hakem), Cairo, Egypt
Style
Mamluk Egypt
Marks and inscriptions
Translation
كرسى المصحف من جامع قيجماس الاسحاقى المعروف بأبو حريبة
Object history
This photograph is one of a set (numbered 85520 to 85545) taken by Pascal Sebah and presented to the Museum by the Ministers of Public Worship, Cairo, in 1884
Associations
Mamluk
Pascal Sebah
Qijmas Al-Ishaqi
Madrasa and Mausoleum of Amir Qijmas Al-Ishaqi
Museum of Arab Art
Cairo
Bibliographic reference
Herz, Max. Catalogue sommaire des monuments exposés dans le Musée national de l'art arabe. Cairo: G. Lekegian & cie, 1895.
Other number
114 - Index of Islamic Monuments in Cairo
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
85525

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Record createdNovember 4, 2015
Record URL
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