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Mamluk architecture--Walls, Dr Archie
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
- A collection of approximately 143 architectural drawings of Mamluk buildings in Jerusalem and Cairo by Walls. [1960s and 1970s]
comprising 134 original drawings on drafting film, 2 originals on tracing paper, 6 dyeline paper prints and 1 dyeline on tracing paper, together with a number of printed books and offprints, including SIGNED COPIES of Walls' doctoral thesis and his Geometry and Architecture in Islamic Jerusalem
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Archie Walls was Architect to the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, and later Cairo, when studying for his doctorate in Islamic architecture, concentrating on the works of the Mamluk Sultan Qaytbay (AH 872-901, 1468-1496 AD). Ninety of the drawings in the present lot record, analyse and illustrate the existing and reconstructed exterior and interior of Sultan Qaytbay's madrasa; 19 the decoration of a stone minbar presented to the Khanqah of Farag ibn Barquq by Sultan Qaytbay in 1482, and 16 of the tomb of Turkan Khatun (d.1352 Jerusalem).