Baptistère de Saint-Louis

مغسل القديس لويس

The Mamluk silver-and-gold inlaid brass basin (c.1300) in which French kings were baptised — a metalwork masterwork in the Louvre.

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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موجز

حوض نحاسي مملوكي مرصّع بالذهب والفضة صنع نحو سنة 1300م في مصر أو الشام؛ استخدمه ملوك فرنسا قرونًا حوضًا لتعميد أبنائهم. 1

الأثر

في اللوفر؛ مثال فريد على قطعة إسلامية صارت طقسًا في التاج الفرنسي، وزخارفه من أجود النقش المملوكي. 1

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