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Minbar-Tür

ca. 1325–30
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 450
Eine Minbar oder Kanzel besteht aus einem Podium mit Türen, das über eine Treppe erreicht wird. Diese Tür stammt wahrscheinlich von der Minbar der Moschee des Emirs Saif al-Din Qawsun in Kairo. Die Möblierung der Kairoer Moscheen, insbesondere zur Zeit der Mamelucken (1250–1517), war mit kunstfertigen Vielecken verziert. Diese Tür weist eine Vielzahl an Mustern auf, von denen die meisten auch auf anderen Medien gefunden werden können, wie auf behauenem Stein, Marmormosaiken und bei Stuckfenstergittern. Die Präzision, die zur Herstellung dieser gemusterter Objekte benötigt wurde, ist besonders bemerkenswert, da jeder Teil Einfluss auf das Gesamtbild hat.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titel: Minbar-Tür
  • Datum: ca. 1325–30
  • Geografie: Ägypten, Kairo
  • Medium: Palisander, Maulbeerholz; geschnitzt, intarsiert mit getriebenem Eisen, Ebenholz, anderem Holz
  • Dimensionen: 196,2 x 88,9 x 4,4 cm
  • Anerkennung: Edward C. Moore Collection, aus dem Nachlass von Edward C. Moore, 1891
  • Akzession Nr.: 91.1.2064
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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Cover Image for 6675. Pair of Minbar Doors, Part 1

6675. Pair of Minbar Doors, Part 1

Investigations: Art, Conservation, and Science

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NARRATOR: This is marked “I” as one of our “Investigation” stops:

ELLEN KENNY: Hi, I'm Ellen Kenney. I'm a Research Associate in the Department of Islamic Art. And we have a guest here, Mecka Baumeister, a conservator of the museum. And we're here today to talk about some stunning minbar doors. It's from the minbar that the khutbah, or the sermon on Friday would be given. And it's a set of doors…. that would have once been on the portal of one of these minbars. Mecka is an expert on wood and wood conservation, and she's had a very close, in-depth look at these doors, and has some interesting things to tell us about them.

MECKA BAUMEISTER: The construction technique uses no nails or glue, but relies on close fitting pieces and interlocking joints. This ingenious technique prevents warping of the hygroscopic materials, wood and ivory,…and allows them to expand and contract freely.

ELLEN KENNY: One of the things that I found so fascinating about these doors is not just their own history, but their collection history.

NARRATOR: To hear that story, press PLAY.

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