| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Cairo, Urban, Egypt | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1356-1362 (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | unknown (Egyptian (modern)) | en_US |
| dc.date | 1356-1362 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-12T14:54:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-04-12T14:54:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1356-1362 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 206710 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 997 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/114578 | |
| dc.description | The main entrance (28 m-high portal) to the Mosque of Sultan Hassan; The complex erected between 1356 and 1362 by the Mamluk sultan Hasan (reigned 1347-1361 with interruption) is the largest and most impressive of all Mamluk buildings in Cairo. Located on the square below the citadel, the building comprises a four-iwan congregational mosque with four madrasas of varying size crammed into its corners, a huge domed mausoleum flanked by twin minarets behind the qibla iwan and, at a lower level, a market and water-tower. The once bulbous dome has been rebuilt. The massive stone exterior, punctuated by the dome and minarets, is articulated with thin vertical niches and crowned by a bold muqarnas cornice. The 28 m-high portal, designed with twin minarets above and based roughly on Anatolian models, was cleverly angled to be visible from the citadel. The enormous domed vestibule is elaborately decorated; a panel of inlaid marble can only have been the work of a craftsman trained in Damascus, giving support to historical accounts that Hasan invited architects from all over the Islamic world to work on the building. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/18/2008) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | brick | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architectural exteriors | en_US |
| dc.subject | rulers and leaders | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mamluk | en_US |
| dc.title | Complex of Sultan Hassan | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Mosque of Sultan Hassan | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A2-EG-C-MSH-B5 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Egyptian (modern) Islamic | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | historic site | en_US |
| vra.worktype | madrasa | en_US |
| vra.worktype | mosque | en_US |
| vra.worktype | mausoleum | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | unknown (Egyptian (modern)) | en_US |
