Arabian ornament no. 1: details of architraves and soffits from the windows in the Mosque of Ibn Tulun (Ibn Tooloon), Cairo
Artist/Photographer | Jones, Owen (1809-1874) |
Country | Egypt |
City | Cairo |
Subject Date | 879 |
Image Date | 1856 |
Style | Islamic |
Medium | Print |
Library Reference | Large SR 729.1 // JON |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Patterns ; 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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