Exterior West Facade
- Description:
- Exterior West Facade
- Physical Description:
- 31 Photographs and Color Slides and B&W Film Rolls
- Author:
- Remsen, William and Godeau, Patrick
- Date Created:
- 1994-1995/02
- Collection:
- Al-Salih Tala'i Mosque Condition Survey Project
- Location:
- Historic Cairo
- Time Period:
- Fatimid Dynasty
- Topic:
- Arabic inscriptions, Islamic architecture, Floral motifs, Islamic calligraphy, Geometric designs, and Islamic decorative arts
- Cultural Object:
- Rosettes (Architecture), porticoes, Trenches, Cornices, Facades, Walls, Mosques, Inscriptions, Niches (Architecture), Arches, Muqarnas, Rosettes (Architecture), porticoes, Trenches, Cornices, Facades, Walls, Mosques, Inscriptions, Niches (Architecture), Arches, Muqarnas, Rosettes (Architecture), porticoes, Trenches, Cornices, Facades, Walls, Mosques, Inscriptions, Niches (Architecture), Arches, Muqarnas, Rosettes (Architecture), porticoes, Trenches, Cornices, Facades, Walls, Mosques, Inscriptions, Niches (Architecture), Arches, and Muqarnas
- Fieldwork activities:
- documentary photography, documentation (activity), documentary photography, documentation (activity), documentary photography, documentation (activity), documentary photography, and documentation (activity)
- Genre:
- black-and-white photographs and color photographs
- Creative Commons License:
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- Rights Statement:
- Users must agree to abide by the terms and conditions of the CC BY NC SA license before using ARCE materials and must provide the following credit line: "Reproduction courtesy of the American Research Center in Egypt, Inc. (ARCE). This project was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)."
- Project History:
- The thorough and meticulous existing condition survey of the Al-Salih Tala’i mosque was executed by Dr. Jaroslaw Dobrowolski and Dr. Agnieszka Dobrowolska under the auspices of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE). Dr. Jaroslaw Dobrowolski and Dr. Agnieszka Dobrowolska effectively examined and assessed the current condition of the mosque, identifying significant issues such as rising damp in the walls, which compromises masonry and wood, and ground settlement that leads to wall displacement. They also recommended conservation efforts for the Al-Salih Tala’i mosque. The condition survey project of the Salih Tala’i mosque was facilitated by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, (formerly the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities).
- Funding Agency:
- The existing conditions survey of Al-Salih Tala'i was made possible with funding by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Grant No. 263-G-00-93-00089-00 and administered by Egyptian Antiquities Conservation Project (EAC) of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE).