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Egypt, Middle Kingdom (2040–1648 BCE), Dynasty 12
silver foil over a clay-bulked resin core (?)
Overall: 1.2 x 0.7 cm (1/2 x 1/4 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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The mosque of the Sultan El Ghoree was built by the Mamluk Sultan, Qansuh al-Ghuri (ruled 1501–16) according to sacred proportions. The lavish complex included an elegant fountain, a college, and the sultan’s own mausoleum, which was never used. Today, the mosque is still part of the historic urban fabric of modern Cairo. This print shows a view into its interior. <br><br>Artist David Roberts travelled in the Middle East and North Africa, particularly Egypt, from 1838 to 1839. During his journey, Roberts produced a great number of sketches. He developed these into watercolors, which were the basis for a series of 247 lithographs made by Louis Haghe, of which this is one.
England, 19th century
color lithograph
Gift of J. Byers Hays
This scene features a standing god in horned headdress and long robe, with one foot resting on an animal. He is holding a mace in his outstretched hand. A second deity in horned headdress and long tufted robe faces the goddess with both hands raised. In the field between them is a star cradled in a disc. The scene also incorporates a cuneiform inscription in five registers.
Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions when rolled into clay. Seals were generally used to mark ownership, and they could act as official identifiers, like a signature, for individuals and institutions. A seal’s owner rolled impressions in wet clay to secure property such as baskets, letters, jars, and even rooms and buildings. This clay sealing prevented tampering because it had to be broken in order to access a safeguarded item. Cylinder seals were often made of durable material, usually stone, and most were drilled lengthwise so they could be strung and worn. A seal’s material and the images inscribed on the seal itself could be protective. The artistry and design might be appreciated and considered decorative as well. Cylinder seals were produced in the Near East beginning in the fourth millennium BCE and date to every period through the end of the first millennium BCE.
Babylonian
H: 1 x Diam: 7/16 in. (2.6 x 1.2 cm)
medium: hematite
culture: Babylonian
Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.
For several decades in the middle of the 18th century the Hannong family were proprietors of one of the best and most influential French faience factories at Strasbourg. Here German and French ceramic styles and techniques met and were fused. These figures were copied from a pair executed in Chantilly porcelain which in turn relied on a Meissen prototype.
France, Strasbourg, 18th century
faience
Overall: 28.9 x 13.7 x 12.7 cm (11 3/8 x 5 3/8 x 5 in.)
The Norweb Collection
Each of the four gospels in this book opens on a page with brilliantly illuminated borders depicting the author of the text as well as birds—principally peacocks, symbols of the immortality of the soul—and fountains, representing the fountain of life and the salvation of the soul. This volume consists of 428 leaves with texts in Greek. Its level of sophistication suggests that it was probably written and decorated in a monastery in Constantinople.
Byzantium, Constantinople
ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; leather binding
Sheet: 28 x 23 cm (11 x 9 1/16 in.)
Did you know...
Gospel books were carried in procession through Byzantine churches.
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund