Main entry:

Dobrowolski, Jarosław, author.

Title & Author:

The living stones of Cairo / Jarosław Dobrowolski.

Publication:

Cairo : American University in Cairo Press, 2001.
©2001

Description:

xii, 105 pages : illustrations, map ; 29 cm

Notes:
"Dar el Kutub 1787/00"--Title page verso.
The Madrasa of Ilgay al-Yusufi: Interior 32 -- The Madrasa of Ilgay al-Yusufi on Suq al-Silah Street 34 -- Al-Darb al-Ahmar Street: the Madrasa of Sultan Sha'ban 36 -- The Mosque of Sultan Barquq: Interior 38 -- The Tomb of Yunus al-Dawadar 40 -- The Mosque of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh 42 -- The Madrasa and Tomb of Sultan Hasan 44 -- View from the Citadel 46 -- Mihrab in the Mosque of Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay 48 -- The Mosque of Amir Altinbugha al-Maridani 50 -- The Mosque of Qagmas al-Ishaqi (Abu Hurayba) 52 -- The Mosque of Qagmas al-Ishaqi (Abu Hurayba): Interior 54 -- Abu Hurayba Street by the Mosque of Qagmas al-Ishaqi 56 -- The Madrasa of Inal al-Yusufi 58 -- Mausoleum of Sultan Qansuh Abu Sa'id 60 -- Al-Fidawiya Dome 62 -- Tomb of 'Ali Nagm 64 -- The Madrasa of Baybars al-Khayyat 66 -- The Mosque of Khayrbak 68 -- The Sulaymaniya Mosque at the Citadel 70 -- The Tomb of Tarabay al-Sharifi and Bab al-Wazir Cemetery 72 -- Takiya Sulayman Pasha 74 -- Sabil Qitasbay 76 -- Khanqah Shahin al-Khalawati 78 -- The Zawiya and Tomb of Shaykh Sinan 80 -- Sabil-Kuttab Ruqaya Dudu 82 -- Sabil-Kuttab Nafisa al-Bayda 84 -- House of Ahmad Katkhuda al-Razzaz 86 -- House of Gamal al-Din al-Dhahabi: Mashrabiya Balcony in the Courtyard 88 -- House of Gamal al-Din al-Dhahabi 90 -- Sa'd Allah Lane 92 -- Al-Khiyamiya Street: the Tentmakers' Bazaar 94 -- The Door of Takiya al-Rifa'iya, Bulaq 96 -- The Mosque of Alti Barmaq 98 -- The Mosque of Muhammad 'Ali at the Citadel, from al-Saliba Street 100 -- Residential Building on Ibrahim al-Laqqani Street 102.

Summary:

This work presents a series of pen and ink sketches of historic Cairene architecture, made by a single artist over a period of ten years. The accompanying text presents the monuments as part of a larger cultural, social and historical continuum, placing the buildings in human perspective.

ISBN:

9774246322
9789774246326

Subject:

Islamic architecture Egypt Cairo.
Mosques Egypt Cairo.
Stone buildings Egypt Cairo.
Architecture islamique Égypte Le Caire.
Constructions en pierre Égypte Le Caire.
Islamic architecture
Mosques
Stone buildings
Egypt Cairo
Cairo (Egypt) Buildings, structures, etc.

Form/genre:

Pictorial works.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 286881
Call No.: BIB 227431
Status: Available