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Photographer  Yasmine El Sissy {Karma:1299}
Project N/A Camera Model canon s 30
Categories Architecture
Film Format
Portfolio Lens Canon  100 mm
Uploaded 11/22/2004 Film / Memory Type digital
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Location City -  Cairo
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Country - Egypt   Egypt
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Khaled Mursi Hammoud Khaled Mursi Hammoud   {K:54005} 11/24/2004
Nice catch Yasmine,
I like those lamps a lot, very original.
Thanx for sharing,
Khaled.

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Tahsin Bakr Tahsin Bakr   {K:3298} 11/22/2004
In fact it was needing some little artistic angle and silhouette . But accepted. I want to add liitle information about the "Sultan Hasan Mosque" and the type of lamps used in that period.
1- The Sultan Hassan Mosque :
The mosque was built at 1356 - 1362 A.D. "Mamluk Period" The plan of the Mosque of Sultan Hassan is based on cross form. It consists of a central open court surrounded by four porches, each covered by a vault.

The deepest porch is that of the prayer direction. It includes the mihrab, or niche pointing to Mecca, the pulpit and the reporter's tribune.

In the center of the court is a fountain underneath a dome, which is built on an eight-pillar pavilion.

The court contains four doors, one at each of its sides. Each door leads to a madrassa. These represent the four orthodox rites of Islam, of which the largest is the Hanafi doctrine school.

Each school includes an open porch and a court. In the center of the porch and court is a fountain. Then, layers of cells, one on top of another, overlook the court. The burial chamber is located behind the wall of the prayer direction. The school has two minarets located at the eastern facade. The principal entrance is located at the western corner of the northern facade.

The mosque's style shows the Seljuki influence on Egyptian architecture.

Dimensions: Height 37.7 m Length 150 m Width 68 m

2- The Lamps of that mosque :
This mosque lamp with the name of the Sultan Hassan is made of glass overlaid with enamel. It has the shape of a vase. It consists of three parts: the neck, the shaft, and the base.

The neck is a conical shape with a wide opening narrowing at the lower part to join with the shaft. The shaft has an inflated form, which narrows at its upper and lower parts to join the neck and the base. It has several grips with metal chains, joined together at their ends, by which it could be suspended.

The base has a reversed conical shape with the opening at the bottom. The neck of the lamp is decorated with floral ornaments consisting of abstracted foliage containing Naskh inscription, a Qur'anic verse from the Surah "Al Nour" of the Light, and some inscription borders with the name of Sultan Hassan.

The shaft is decorated with floral and Mamluk Naskh inscription borders with the name and titles of Sultan Hassan and the wishful prayer expressing "May his victory be glorious".
Good Luck yasmine.

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Nour El Refai Nour El Refai   {K:12481} 11/22/2004
Good capture Yasso, maybe if you just took one step to the left and look a little right, to make the sky as a background to the whole geometry of the two lamps, it may become more obvious, the idea also would be more clear, as the lamps is coming from the sky (not related to the building)

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