Tag: architecture

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Legal document in Arabic script, possibly giving a detailed description of Ḥammām al-Dīk (the dihlīz. . . the four marble columns. . . the mirḥāḍ. . .). Merits further examination.
Surveyor's plan for a building and parcel of land on the street of the French school in the neighborhood known as Qaṣr al-Dūbāra – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 222) – in Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 66). MCD.
Legal document. In Arabic script. Describes various architectural elements of a house: the living room (majlis), the guesthouse (dār al-ḍiyāfa), the wind catcher (al-bādhanj). Signed by Muḥammad b. Mūsā b. ʿAlī, among others. Needs further examination.