Ibn Tulun Mosque
| Name of structure: | Ibn Tulun Mosque |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| Type of structure: | mosque |
| Country or main area: | Egypt |
| Region within country or main area: | |
| City or area within region: | Cairo |
| Date of structure: | 879. Restored by Sultan Lajin in 1296. |
| Century of structure 1: | 9 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 13 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Mihrab |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Cursive black script on gold background with the text of the shahada. |
| Date of mosaic: | 1296 restored by al-Mansur Lajin (r. 1296-99) |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 13 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | |
| Silver tessera at site: | Unknown |
| Gold tessera at site: | Yes |
| Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
| Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | |
| Has analysis been done? | |
| Samples taken from where? | |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Williams, Caroline, ‘The Mosque of Sitt Hadaq’, Muqarnas, 11 (1994), 55-64, see p. 64, n. 43. Kenney, Ellen, ‘Mixed Metaphors: Iconography and Medium in Mamluk Glass Mosaic Decoration’, Artibus Asiae, 66.2 (2006), 175-200, p. 179. Behrans-Abouseif, Doris, Islamic Architecture in Cairo: An Introduction (Leiden: Brill, 1969), p. 54 |
| URLs: | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Qibla_of_the_Ibn_Tulun_mosque.jpg |
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