Verre byzantin et islamiqueByzantine and Islamic Glass
Maria Mossakowska-Gaubert
CARSWELL, John
The Baltimore Beakers
WARD, Rachel
Gilded and Enamelled Glass from the Middle East
British Museum Press, London, 1998, p. 61-63
Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore)
[1250, 1500]
• Baltimore Beakers:
– Two beakers both with Arabic inscriptions at the top: ʿizz li-mawlānā al-sulṭān al-malik al ʿāmil al-ālim al-murābiṭ al-muthāghir al-muʾayyad al-muẓaffar (”glory to our lord the sultan, the royal, the diligent, the wise, the defender, the protector of frontiers, the fortified by God, the triumphant”).
– Figural representations of Jerusalem:
1. Dome of the Rock and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, ecclesiastical figures (monk(s) ?), representation of “mosque lamps” - glass or metal ? (fig. 15.1);
2. Christ entering Jerusalem, an ecclesiastic figure, Church of St Anne (?), minaret and the nort-west corner of the “ḥaram” (?) (fig. 15.2).
• Baltimore Beakers as examples of pilgrim souvenirs.
– Two beakers both with Arabic inscriptions at the top: ʿizz li-mawlānā al-sulṭān al-malik al ʿāmil al-ālim al-murābiṭ al-muthāghir al-muʾayyad al-muẓaffar (”glory to our lord the sultan, the royal, the diligent, the wise, the defender, the protector of frontiers, the fortified by God, the triumphant”).
– Figural representations of Jerusalem:
1. Dome of the Rock and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, ecclesiastical figures (monk(s) ?), representation of “mosque lamps” - glass or metal ? (fig. 15.1);
2. Christ entering Jerusalem, an ecclesiastic figure, Church of St Anne (?), minaret and the nort-west corner of the “ḥaram” (?) (fig. 15.2).
• Baltimore Beakers as examples of pilgrim souvenirs.
Version 5, données dudata date 30 janvier 2013January 30th 2013