ivory inlay
Egypt
18th Century
Source: Campo, Juan E. "This Blessed Place: Religious Inscriptions in the Ottoman Houses of Cairo".
Recipe Details
Ingredients
ivory
Preparation Steps
Ivory was used as an inlay material for calligraphic inscriptions on wooden doors (p. 139). In the southern side of Bayt al-Suḥaymī, it was used to render Qurʾanic verse 61:13 (p. 139).
Original Recipe Text
Ivory was used as an inlay material for calligraphic inscriptions on wooden doors (p. 139). In the southern side of Bayt al-Suḥaymī, it was used to render Qurʾanic verse 61:13 (p. 139).
Evidence
"It was inscribed as an ivory inlay in the door leading into the small qāʿa on the southern side of Bayt al-Suḥaymī, accompanied by Q 61:13 and a foundation date (1143ah [= 1730–1731ad])."
Remarks
The ivory inlay on the door of the small qāʿa was accompanied by a foundation date. The lintel above this door was made of sculpted stone featuring geometric elements, cypress trees, and flower vases (p. 142, fn 53).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
Visual analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
Colorivory
RegionEgypt
Approx. Year1750
Source Information
AuthorCampo, Juan E. "This Blessed Place: Religious Inscriptions in the Ottoman Houses of Cairo".
CollectionBayt al-Suḥaymī door
Language
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