Madrasa of Amir Taybars/Taybarsiyya Madrasa

Name of structure: Madrasa of Amir Taybars/Taybarsiyya Madrasa
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Madrasa (schoolroom)
Country or main area: Egypt
Region within country or main area:
City or area within region: Al-Azhar mosque complex, Cairo
Date of structure: 1309
Century of structure 1: 14 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Mihrab, spandrels around the arch.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic:

Pomegranate trees in red, green, yellow tesserae and mother-of-pearl.  No gold!
Date of mosaic: 1309
Century of mosaic 1: 14 AD
Century of mosaic 2:
Silver tessera at site: No
Gold tessera at site: No
Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
Has analysis been done?
Samples taken from where?
Excavation and restoration campaigns:
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Williams, Caroline, ‘The Mosque of Sitt Hadaq’, Muqarnas, 11 (1994), 55-64, see p. 64, n. 43.


Kenney, Ellen, ‘Mixed Metaphors: Iconography and Medium in Mamluk Glass Mosaic Decoration’, Artibus Asiae, 66.2 (2006), 175-200, p. 180.
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