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Creation Year
January 1960
Image ID
E.023
Alternate Identifier
B05.023
Subcollection
E - Lower Egypt, Edfu, and Bodrum
Abstract
A side view of the magnificent entrance portal of the Complex of Hasan (part of the north façade of the building).
Description
"The extraordinary portal … rising thirty-seven meters above the current street level, is crowned by a superb muqarnas semidome and flanked by spiral-cut pilasters and vertical panels. The unfinished state of the carving on many of the panels shows that large decorative elements were cut to size before they were erected, while small ones were carved in place ... The carved stone decoration around the portal is of the highest quality and includes such Chinese motifs as chrysantheums and lotus flowers" (82, Blair). -MA
References
Blair, Sheila S., and Jonathan M. Bloom. The Art and Architecture of Islam: 1250–1800. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1994.
Image Notes
Creation date unknown. Photograph processed August 1960. Formerly cataloged as B.05.023. Notes written on the slide or index: Sultan Hassan.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Cairo, Egypt
Keywords
Egyptian, Citadel, City, Madrasa, Stone, Masonry, Mosque, Fourteenth Century, Mamluk, Street, Stone Carving, Carving, Portal, Door, Muqarnas
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