Masālik al-abṣār fī mamālik al-amṣār
| Name of text: | Masālik al-abṣār fī mamālik al-amṣār |
| Author of text: | al-Umari |
| Date of text: | c. 1340 |
| Date of person in text: | 1301-49 |
| Name of structure in text: | Mosque of Amir Tankiz al-Nasiri |
| Type of structure in text: | Mosque |
| Date of structure in text | 1317-18 |
| Century of structure 1: | 14 AD |
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| Country in text: | Syria |
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| City in text: | Damascus |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | Mihrab. Glass mosaic on qibla wall. |
| Description of mosaic in text: | See below |
| Mosaic date in text: | 14 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | |
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| Bibliography: | Al-Umari, Mas?lik al-ab??r f? mam?lik al-am??r193,quoted in Creswell, Early Muslim Architecture, vol. 1, p. 237. Kenney, Ellen, ‘Mixed Metaphors: Iconography and Medium in Mamluk Glass Mosaic Decoration’, Artibus Asiae, 66.2 (2006), 175-200, pp. 180-81 |
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| Comments: | Only the portals of the building remain after it was destroyed in 1950 but there was a mosaic in the hood of the mihrab. Photos show a narrow guilloche design along the base, above which rises a goblet with platform foot, ringed stem and fluted body. From it sprouts a stalk culminating in a bud – teardrop shaped outline surrounding a fleur-de-lis with circular mother-of-pearl inset in centre. Central stalk is flanked by swirling sprigs of acanthus, each with a bracelet of mother-of-pearl on its branches. These motifs outlined by black and a light shade. Background was gold. |