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Mihrab

dated 755 AH/1354–55 CE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 455
El elemento más importante en una mezquita es el mihrab, una hornacina que indica la dirección de La Meca, centro sagrado de peregrinación en Arabia hacia donde orientan su rezo los musulmanes. Este mihrab procedente de la madrasa Imami en Isfahán está compuesto de pequeños azulejos vidriados que se combinan en un mosaico para formar varios diseños e inscripciones. Versos coránicos corren desde el extremo inferior derecho al extremo inferior izquierdo del marco exterior; una segunda inscripción con palabras del Profeta en letras cúficas bordea el arco apuntado del nicho; y una tercera inscripción, en cursiva, está colocada dentro de un marco en el centro. El resultado es uno de los más antiguos y más bellos mosaicos de azulejos en el mundo.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Mihrab
  • Fecha: A.H. 755/1354–1355 d. C.
  • Geografía: Irán, Isfahán
  • Material: Mosaico de azulejos con esmalte polícromo sobre una base de pasta silícea, cementado con argamasa
  • Dimensiones: a. 3,43 x 2,89 m
  • Crédito: Fondo Harris Brisbane Dick, 1939
  • Número de inventario: 39.2
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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