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Louis Haghe

Egypt and Nubia, Volume III: Interior of the Mosque of the Metwalys

1849
color lithograph

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Through the columns on the left, there's a glimpse of the minbar , the staircaselike pulpit from which a sermon is delivered by the imam, prayer leader, after Friday services.

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