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Émile Prisse d'Avennes - Ornementation d’un Qorân de la mosquée de Qeyçoun (XIVe. siècle)

Ornementation d’un Qorân de la mosquée de Qeyçoun (XIVe. siècle) (1877)

Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807-1879)
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Émile Prisse d'Avennes

Achille-Constant-Théodore-Émile Prisse d'Avennes was a French archaeologist, Egyptologist, architect and writer.

Prisse d'Avennes was born in Avesnes-sur-Helpe, France, on 27 January 1807, to a noble family of French origin. After the early death of his father in 1814, on the guidance of his grandfather he enrolled at college a year later to train for a career within the legal profession. Prisse d'Avennes decided to become an archaeologist in 1836 after a period teaching at the infantry school in Damietta.

In 1827 when he reached Egypt, he was hired by the viceroy of Egypt, Muhammad Ali Pasha, as a civil engineer. He spent many years living as an Egyptian, adopting the name Idriss-effendi, learning to speak Arabic and practicing Islam. He stated that adopting Egyptian culture resulted in a greater understanding of Egyptian society and people.

In 1848, he contributed 30 lithograph images depicting the people living on the Nile Valley to a costume book titled Oriental Album written by James Augustus St. John who was a British author and traveler.

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Arabesques; colonnes et piliers, ensembles et détails (1877)

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Fragment d’un plafond mauresque (XVIIIe. siècle)

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Parallèle de minarets; M. Naçeriyéy; M. El-Bordeyny (XVe. & XVIIe. siècles) (1877)

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Arabesques; carquios & porte-arc (XVIe. siècle); 1

Arabesques; carquios & porte-arc (XVIe. siècle); 1 (1877)

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Arabesques; mosquée de soultan Barqouq; lampe en verre émaillé (XIVe. siècle)

Arabesques; mosquée de soultan Barqouq; lampe en verre émaillé (XIVe. siècle) (1877)

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Arabesques; premières pages d’un Qorân mauresque (XVIIIe. siècle); 2 (1877)

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Un chalet; illustrations des Séances de Hariry (XIIIe. siècle)

Un chalet; illustrations des Séances de Hariry (XIIIe. siècle) (1877)

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Arabesques; ornementation d’un Qoran du tombeau de soultan el-Ghoury (XVIe. siècle); 1 (1877)

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