Mamluk Art
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The book contains published papers of the conference 'Textiles & Identity in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean: Paradigms of Contexts and Cross-Cultural Exchanges' of the British School at Athens held at the (Benaki) Museum of... more
In 2018, the Egyptian Heritage Rescue Foundation (EHRF) launched a two-year project to document the minbars (stepped pulpits) made during Mamluk sultanate (1250-1517), and still present in many religious monuments in Egypt and... more
This article seeks to identify the source of inspiration for the decorative motifs encountered on Mamluk textiles, which often exemplify a fusion of designs from different regions. It investigates the ways in which Mamluk artisans adopted... more
Winner of the Nikolaos V. Drandakis Prize for 2019-20, Christian Archaeological Society. The collection of the Docheiariou monastery, held on Mount Athos, contains a Veneto-Saracenic inlaid candleholder decorated with a European coat of... more
This research traces Nile scenes on wall reliefs and applied arts during the Coptic and Islamic eras, from the fourth to the fourteenth century. The most common scenes of the Nile were those dedicated to fishing, sailing and those... more
Les blasons chez les musulmans, leurs formes, leur origine et leur fonction, est un sujet qui a fait couler beaucoup d’encre. Il existait diverses sortes de blasons, personnel ou fonctionnel, simples ou composés, temporels ou permanents.... more