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Architecture arabe; ou, Monuments du Kaire, mesurés et dessinés, de 1818 à 1826

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Creator(s)
Islamic, Egyptian (modern)
author: Pascal Xavier Coste (French, 1787-1879)
Location
Site: Cairo (Egypt)
Cultural context
Islamic
Egyptian (modern)
Description
The earliest stand-alone Sabil-Kuttab in Cairo, it establishes the type as a pietistic endowment in the urban milieu without it being attached to a larger religious complex.
exterior, wakala portal, "Vue de la Porte de l'Okel Kaid-Bey," color plate XLII of Pascal Coste's "Architecture arabe; ou, Monuments du Kaire, mesurés et dessinés, de 1818 à 1826", 1818-1826
Work type
School (building)
Book
Welfare building
Wakala
Medium
paper (fiber product)
ink
stone
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Type
Image
Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Access rights
In the Public Domain; no use restrictions
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