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E. W. Lane MSS 8.05
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Courtyard, Mosque of Amr ibn al-As, Cairo
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- c. 1825-1876 (Creation)
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1 watercolour
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(1801-1876)
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View of the courtyard of the mosque of Amr ibn al-As Mosque in Cairo, viewed from within the colonnades lining the courtyard:
- black ink, monochrome watercolour
- mounted
- 17.6 x 10.1 cm
- [Lane's caption on page verso, at top left corner] 'Interior view of the Mosque of 'Amir, or Musr 'Alee'ckah. / Erected in the middle of the seventh century - the 1st mosque built in Egypt.' (pencil note)
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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford
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- Foxing has caused discolouration around edges of mount
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Lane_8_05.jpg
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