Zahiriyya Madrasa and Mausoleum of Sultan al-Zahir Baybars

dc.coverage.spatial	Site: Damascus (Dimashq, Syria)	en_US
dc.coverage.temporal	creation date: 1277-1281	en_US
dc.creator	Unknown	en_US
dc.date	1277-1281	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2010-07-26T16:14:19Z
dc.date.available	2010-07-26T16:14:19Z
dc.date.issued	1277-1281	en_US
dc.identifier	146852	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/53765	en_US
dc.description	Al-Madrasa al-Thahiriyya was originally a residential home that was transformed to a madrasa in 1279 after the death of King al-Thaher. The king was buried in an elaborate turbeh with a high dome in the southwest corner of the building. The madrasa is rich with various methods of ornamentation. The main entrance gate is semi-domed with stone muqarnas. The interior wall cladding materials include glass and marble fusayfus'a, colored marble, carved stone and carved gold gilded wood. The mihrab in the turbeh is made of colored marble to allude to patterns and mosaics typical of the Mamluk architectural style.	en_US
dc.description	interior, mosaics and marble dado in mausoleum, 1980s-1990s	en_US
dc.format.medium	glass (material)	en_US
dc.format.medium	marble	en_US
dc.format.medium	stone	en_US
dc.format.medium	wood (plant material)	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	114158	en_US
dc.rights	(c)Nasser Rabbat	en_US
dc.subject	Mausoleums	en_US
dc.subject	Madrasahs	en_US
dc.subject	Islamic religious education	en_US
dc.subject	Architecture, Islamic --Syria	en_US
dc.subject	Religious architecture--Syria	en_US
dc.subject	Mosaics	en_US
dc.subject	Trees	en_US
dc.subject	Decoration and ornament, Islamic	en_US
dc.title	Zahiriyya Madrasa and Mausoleum of Sultan al-Zahir Baybars	en_US
dc.title.alternative	Madrasa Thahiriyyah	en_US
dc.title.alternative	Madrasa al Zahiriyyah	en_US
dc.title.alternative	Madrasa al-Zahiriyyah	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US
dc.rights.access	All rights reserved	en_US
vra.culturalContext	Syrian	en_US
vra.culturalContext	Islamic	en_US
vra.technique	gilding	en_US
vra.technique	construction	en_US
vra.technique	mosaic (process)	en_US
vra.worktype	Madrasa	en_US
dc.contributor.display	Syrian, Islamic	en_US