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001 2012376923
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050 00 $aNA9413.E3$bD69 2011
082 00 $a726/.4$223
100 1 $aDobrowolska, Agnieszka.
245 14 $aThe Sultan's fountain :$ban imperial story of Cairo, Istanbul, and Amsterdam /$cAgnieszka Dobrowolska, Jarosław Dobrowolski.
250 $aA Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo ed.
260 $aCairo ;$aNew York :$bAmerican University in Cairo,$c2011.
300 $axiii, 182 p. :$bchiefly col. ill. ;$c24 cm.
500 $aThe small sabil-kuttab (a charitable foundation particular to Cairo that combines a public water dispensary with a Quranic school) built in 1760 opposite the venerated Sayida Zeinab Mosque is almost unique in Cairo: it is one of only two dedicated by a reigning Ottoman sultan, and - astonishingly - it is decorated inside with blue-and-white tiles from Amsterdam depicting happy scenes from the Dutch countryside. Why did the sultan, Mustafa III, cloistered in his Istanbul palace, decide to build a sabil in Cairo? Why did he choose this site for it? How did it come to be adorned with Dutch tiles? What were the connections between Cairo, Istanbul, and Amsterdam in the middle of the eighteenth century? The authors answer these questions and many more in this entertaining and beautifully illustrated history of an extraordinary building, describing also the recent conservation efforts to preserve it for posterity. - Inside front cover.
650 0 $aDrinking fountains$zEgypt.
650 0 $aIslamic architecture$zEgypt$zCairo$y18th century.
650 0 $aIslamic architecture$xConservation and restoration.
650 0 $aDelftware.
650 0 $aIslamic art$zEgypt.
651 0 $aCairo (Egypt)$xDescription and travel.
700 1 $aDobrowolski, Jarosław.
710 2 $aNederlands-Vlaams Instituut in Cairo.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1215/2012376923-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1215/2012376923-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1215/2012376923-t.html