Minbar panel

Description

Minbar panel of mahogany, with geometric elements, including stars and quatrefoil and Arabic inscription in thuluth script, inlaid in ebony and ivory set within modern red wood beading: Egypt, Mamluk, late 8th - early 9th century AH / late 14th - early 15th century AD

Museum reference

A.1884.2.1

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Minbar panel, Pulpit Door

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Late 14th - early 15th century
Late 8th - early 9th century AH

Style / Culture

Mamluk

Materials

Mahogany, Ivory, Ebony, Redwood

Physical description

Mahogany inlaid in ebony and ivory; modern red wood beading

Associations

St Maurice Collection

Exhibitions

• Imagine (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Discover Islamic Art (01 Dec 2005)
  World Wide Web

References

SCARCE, J., Domestic Culture in the Middle East: an Exploration of the Household Interior, Edinburgh 1996, p. 52

BREND, B., Islamic Art, London 1995, p. 106 fig. 68

ATIL, E., Renaissance of Islam: Art of the Mamluks, Washington D.C. 1981, p. 202 cat.no. 99, pp.208 cat.no. 104 [for related pieces]

ATIL, op. cit., pp. 195-197 [for an introductory essay on Mamluk woodwork in general]

Links to other web pages

MWNF

On display

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