Item E. W. Lane MSS 8.05 - Courtyard, Mosque of Amr ibn al-As, Cairo

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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
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  • 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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