Identity area
Reference code
E. W. Lane MSS 8.05
Nadpis
Courtyard, Mosque of Amr ibn al-As, Cairo
Date(s)
- c. 1825-1876 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
1 watercolour
Context area
Name of creator
(1801-1876)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
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)
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
- Foxing has caused discolouration around edges of mount