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Article
Point counter-point: John Frederick Lewis and the Khan al-Khalili, Cairo
07/2014 | 1336 | 156
Pages: 454-459
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Author:
Llewellyn, Briony (Llewellyn, Briony)
Subjects
artists:
Lewis, John Frederick
dates:
1840-1849
museums and institutions:
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain
places:
Cairo / Egypt
subjects:
British painting / Watercolours / Collections, Private / Collections, Public / Orientalism / Drawings / Topographical views / Architectural drawings
subjects:
Mosques
Illustrations
Attributed works:
41. Bab al-Badistan, Khan al-Khalili, Cairo (Bazaar at Cairo), by John Frederick Lewis (National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh)
Attributed works:
42. The seraff (money changer), a doubtful coin; a scene in a Cairo bazaar, by John Frederick Lewis (Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery)
Attributed works:
43. Café in the Sikkat al-Badistan, Khan al-Khalili, Cairo (Oriental bazaar), by John Frederick Lewis (Ford Collection, London)
Attributed works:
44. The door of a café in Cairo, by John Frederick Lewis (Royal Academy of Arts, London)
Attributed works:
45. The Bab Sikkat al-Qabwa, Khan al-Khalili, Cairo (The Bezestein Bazaar, Cairo) by John Frederick Lewis (Ford Collection, London)
Attributed works:
46. A Cairo bazaar: the dellál, by John Frederick Lewis (Shafik Gabr Collection)
Western art unattributed:
47. Plan of the Khan al-Khalili, Cairo (no.53: Bab al-Badistan; no.54: Bab Wikalat al-Ghuri (al Qutn); and no.56: Bab Sikkat al-Qabwa). (Courtesy of Nicholas Warner)
Publication Received
Arts of the City Victorious: Islamic Art and Architecture in Fatimid North Africa and Egypt
11/2009 | 1280 | 151
Pages: 788
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Reviewer:
Stanley, Tim (Stanley, Tim)
Subjects
dates:
0900-0999 / 1000-1099 / 1100-1199
places:
Tunisia / Egypt / Cairo / Syria
places:
Mahdia
print:
Islamic art
subjects:
Islamic art / Islamic / Architecture / Fatimid School
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Arts of the City Victorious: Islamic Art and Architecture in Fatimid North Africa and Egypt | author: Bloom, Jonathan M.
Article
Observations on the Origin of the Arms of Edward the Confessor
11/1953 | 608 | 95
Pages: 358-363
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Author:
Delmar, Emil (Delmar, Emil; Delmar, E.)
Subjects
dates:
1000-1049
places:
England / Egypt / Cairo
subjects:
Edward, King of England, ca. 1003-1066
subjects:
Coptic / Pattern / Coins / Influence
subjects:
Anglo-Saxon / Heraldry
subjects:
Textiles / Islamic / Influence
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
12. Coptic Printed Linen Cloth, Fifth Century A. D. (Victoria and Albert Museum.)
Western art unattributed:
13. Coptic Tapestry, Fourth Century A. D. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.)
Western art unattributed:
14. Detail from Coptic Tapestry, Fifth Century A. D. (Victoria and Albert Museum.)
Western art unattributed:
15. Detail from Model of a Coptic Church. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.)
Western art unattributed:
16. Coptic Gravestone, c. A. D.850. (British Museum.)
Western art unattributed:
17. Detail from a Coptic Gravestone, c. A. D.850. (British Museum.)
Western art unattributed:
18. Reverse of a Coin of Edward the Confessor (Enlarged from a Plaster Cast).
Western art unattributed:
19. Coin of Wiglaf of Mercia.
Western art unattributed:
20. Coin of Coenwulf of Mercia.
Western art unattributed:
21. Coin of Cnut.
Western art unattributed:
22. Coin of Aethelweard.
Western art unattributed:
23, 24. Coins of Edmund of East Anglia.
Western art unattributed:
25. Coptic Gravestone, Sixth-Seventh Century. (Berlin Museum.)
Western art unattributed:
26. Coptic Tapestry. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.)
Western art unattributed:
27. The Court of Common Pleas. Fifteenth-Century Miniature.
Western art unattributed:
A. Arms of Edward the Confessor (South Aisle of Nave, Westminster Abbey). Reproduced by Permission of the Controller, H. M. Stationery Office.
Article
The Aghānī Miniatures and Religious Painting in Islam
04/1953 | 601 | 95
Pages: 128-135
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Author:
Rice, D. S. (Rice, D. S.; Rice, David Storm)
Subjects
dates:
1000-1099 / 1100-1199 / 1200-1299
places:
Iraq / Egypt / Persia / Iran / Syria / Cairo / Al-Mawsili
places:
Baghdad
subjects:
Islamic painting / Illuminated manuscripts
subjects:
Abu l-Faraj al-Isfahani
subjects:
Zangid
subjects:
Badr ad-Dīn Luʾluʾ, Zangid ruler, 1234-1240
subjects:
Muhammad, Prophet, d. 632
subjects:
Islamic / Iconography
subjects:
Mosul style (metalwork)
subjects:
Persian painting
subjects:
Baghdad (style)
works:
Kitab al-aghani (The Book of Songs)
works:
Quran
Illustrations
Attributed works:
C. Medallion of Ewer, Dated A. D.1246. (Walters Gallery, Baltimore.)
Non-western art unattributed:
14. Detail of Fig.16. [K. al-aghānī, Frontispiece of Vol. xi. (Cairo, adab, No.579.)]
Non-western art unattributed:
15. Detail of Fig.19. [K. al-aghānī, Frontispiece of Vol. xix. (Istanbul, Feyzullah, No.1565.)]
Non-western art unattributed:
16. K. al-aghānī, Frontispiece of Vol. xi. (Cairo, adab, No.579.)
Non-western art unattributed:
17. K. al-aghānī, Frontispiece of Vol. iv. (Cairo, adab, No.579.)
Non-western art unattributed:
18. K. al-aghānī, Frontispiece of Vol. xvii. (Istanbul, Feyzullah, No.1566.)
Non-western art unattributed:
19. K. al-aghānī, Frontispiece of Vol. xix. (Istanbul, Feyzullah, No.1565.)
Non-western art unattributed:
20. Ḥarīrī's Maqāmāt, Frontispiece. (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Arabe, No.5847.)
Non-western art unattributed:
21. Ḥarīrī's Maqāmāt, Frontispiece. (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Arabe, No.5847.)
Non-western art unattributed:
A. Opening Lines of Vol. xi, Cairo.
Non-western art unattributed:
B. Opening Lines of Vol. xix, Istanbul.
Article
Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum
11/1940 | 452 | 77
Pages: 144-145+147-148+150-152
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Author:
Buchthal, Hugo (Buchthal, Hugo; Buchthal, H.)
Subjects
dates:
1250-1299 / 1300-1399
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Iraq / Syria / Egypt / Baghdad / Cairo / Damascus
places:
Al-Mawsili
sources:
Hariri, 1054-1122
subjects:
Hariri, 1054-1122
subjects:
Islamic / Illuminated manuscripts / Abbasid / Mamluk
subjects:
Islamic painting
subjects:
Baghdad (style)
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. A-Al-Harith Meeting Abu Zaid. (British Museum, or. 1200, Fol. 79v.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. B-Al-Harith Meeting Abu Zaid. Bibliotheque Nationale, Arabe 3929, Fol. 101v.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. C-Abu Zaid on His Camel. (British Museum, or. 1200, Fol. 151.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. D-Abu Zaid on His Camel. (Bibliotheque Nationale, Arabe 5847, Fol. 143.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. E.-Abu Zaid Enjoying Himself with Good Food. (British Museum, Add. 7293, Fol. 7.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. F-Abu Zaid Enjoying Himself with Good Food. (Bibliotheque Nationale, Arabe 5847, Fol. 3v.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. A-Abu Zaid Preaching in the Mosque of Samarkand. (British Museum, Add. 22114, Fol. 94.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. B-Abu Zaid Preaching in the Mosque of Samarkand. (Bibliotheque Nationale, Arabe 5847, Fol. 84v.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. C-Al-Harith Approaching Abu Zaid's Tent. (British Museum, Add. 22114, Fol. 79v.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. D-Al-Harith Approaching Abu Zaid's Tent. (Bibliotheque Nationale, Arabe 6094, Fol. 84.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. E-Abu Zaid and His Son before the Governor of Baghdad. (British Museum, Add. 22114; Fol. 68.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. F-The Fable of the Falcon. (Bibliotheque Nationale, Arabe 3467, Fol. 61.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum
Article
The So-Called "Kubachi" Wares of Persia
10/1939 | 439 | 75
Pages: 156-157+160-163
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Author:
Lane, Arthur (Lane, Arthur; L., A.)
Subjects
dates:
1400-1699
places:
Syria / Persia / Egypt / China / Tabriz / Cairo / Damascus
subjects:
Persian / Ceramics / Pottery / Kubachi
subjects:
Islamic / Safavid / Tabriz
subjects:
Chinese Art / Chinese / Influence / Techniques / Tiles
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. A-Blue-and-White Tiles from Damascus. About 1425. B-G-Dishes from Kubachi (B, C Black and Green; D Polychrome; E, F, G Blue-and-White). Fifteenth to Sixteenth Century (All in the Victoria and Albert Museum, B Kelekian Loan). The So-Called "Kubachi" Wares of Persia
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. A-Polychrome Dish from Kubachi about 1600. (Victoria and Albert Museum). The So-Called "Kubachi" Wares of Persia
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. B-Polychrome Dish from Kubachi. About 1600. (Victoria and Albert Museum, Kelekian Loan). The So-Called "Kubachi" Wares of Persia
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. C-Polychrome Wall-Tiles. Early Seventeenth-Century (Victoria and Albert Museum). The So-Called "Kubachi" Wares of Persia
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate III. A-Polychrome Wall-Tiles. About 1550. (Victoria and Albert Museum). The So-Called "Kubachi" Wares of Persia
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate III. B-Polychrome Wall-Tile from Khorassan. About 1600. (Victoria and Albert Museum). The So-Called "Kubachi" Wares of Persia
Book Review
La Mosquee de 'Amru
08/1933 | 365 | 63
Pages: 95-96
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Subjects
buildings:
Amru ibn al-As Mosque, Cairo, Egypt
places:
Egypt / Cairo
subjects:
Islamic architecture / Mosques / Egyptian
Reviewed Items
subjects:
La Mosquee de \'Amru | author: Creswell, K. A. C. , author: Devonshire, R. L., Mrs
Book Review
Guide to the Coptic Museum at Old Cairo Vol. I. Cairo
06/1932 | 351 | 60
Pages: 316-317
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Reviewer:
Butler, A. J. (Butler, A. J.)
Subjects
places:
Egypt / Cairo
subjects:
Art museums / Coptic / Collections / Guidebooks
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Guide to the Coptic Museum at Old Cairo Vol. I. Cairo | author: Pasha, M. Simaika , author: Pauty, Edmond , author: Pauty, Edmond
Book Review
Egyptian Mediaeval Architecture
04/1927 | 289 | 50
Pages: 214-215
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Reviewer:
Briggs, Martin S. (Briggs, Martin S.; B., M. S.; Briggs, M. S.; Bricgs, Martin S.; Briggs, S. Martin)
Subjects
patrons:
Baybars I, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, 1223?-1277
places:
Egypt / Cairo
subjects:
Egyptian / Islamic / Art / Patronage
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The works of Sultan Bibars-al-Bunduqdari in Egypt | author: Creswell, K. A. C.
Article
A Moslem Decoration in Stucco and Glass
01/1927 | 286 | 50
Pages: 36+40-43
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Author:
Lamm, Carl Johan (Lamm, Carl Johan)
Subjects
dates:
1200-1299
places:
Egypt
places:
Cairo
subjects:
Islamic architecture / Islamic / Glassware / Fatimid / Mihrabs
subjects:
Ceramics / Dating / Attributions
subjects:
Stuccowork
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Details of the Mihrāb Wall Shown in Figure 1. Stucco and Glass. (Qubba of Ahmad ibn Sulaymān ar Rifā'ī). A Moslem Decoration in Stucco and Glass
Non-western art unattributed:
Fig. 1. Mihrab Wall in the Qubba of Ahmad ibn Sulayman ar Rifa'i, A. D. 1291.
Non-western art unattributed:
Fig. 2. Drawing from Flat Bowl (Arabic Museum).
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