The great legacy of the Egyptian chronicler Muhammad Ibn Iyas, whose life spanned the end of the Mamluk era and the beginning of the Ottoman era, is his writings capturing the spirit and land of Egypt in evocative detail. This tapestry, based on a map in Ibn Iyas’s manuscript entitled “The Book of Wonders of Information from the Land of Egypt (كتاب عجائب الاخبار فى خطط مصر) – Egypt shown from the north looking south,” challenges how we think of this land. It encourages us to rethink what we know, to notice what we might not have noticed, and to reflect on what has endured or faded away.
Dimensions: 157 × 233 cm
Seeing Differently