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Arabian ornament no. 1: details of architraves and soffits from the windows in the Mosque of Ibn Tulun (Ibn Tooloon), Cairo

RIBA Ref No RIBA93623
Artist/PhotographerJones, Owen (1809-1874)
CountryEgypt
CityCairo
Subject Date879
Image Date1856
StyleIslamic
MediumPrint
Library ReferenceLarge SR 729.1 // JON
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoColour
CreditRIBA Collections
SubjectPatterns ; Windows ; Mosques ; Ornament
SOURCE: Owen Jones. The Grammar of ornament (London, 1856), pl. XXXI NOTES: The mosque was founded in 876-877 and the mouldings date from this period.
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