A Stunning Family of Artifacts; Mamluk Minbars.
The Masterful patterns of the Mamluk minbars of Cairo deserve their own page. This project started in 2019 - 2020. The pattern analysis work is done. Expect posts to appear here over the next few years as I cover the several dozen minbars of Cairo.
Ibn Tulun; Drawing Lajin’s Minbar, 1
Part one of the drawing of the ibn Tulun minbar is defining how the rosette is drawn, and why.
Ibn Tulun; Drawing Lajin’s Minbar 2
Drawing the more complex patterns of Salah ad Dins and Lajin’s minbars
Resources Unique to the Mamluk Minbars;
Thesis: Miriam Kühn. Mamlukische Minbare : Islamische Predigtkanzeln in Aegypten, Syrien, Libanon, Israel und den Palastinensischen Autonomiegebieten zwischen 1250 und 1517, Dissertation, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 2017. In German, obviously, 728 pages 410 Illustrations. In print and expensive. Bonn University Press, V&R unipress GmbH, 2019. ISBN10 3847108069
Thesis: Gloria (Sergine Ohan) Karnouk. Cairene Bahri Mamluk Minbars With a Provisional Typology & a Catalogue, American University in Cairo, 1977.