Conserved at the Royal Museum, Edinburgh.
Three emblems dividing the neck inscription, at least one emblem at the bottom of the body. All the same.
Neck inscription:
ممّا عمل برسم المقرّ الأشرف العالى العالمي العادلي الممهّدي المشيري
Body inscription:
المدبّري الوزتري النجمي محمود بن عليّ بن شرون الملكي المظفّري مدبّرالممالك الشريفة الإسلامية أعزّ الله تعالى أنصاره
This is one of the objects made for His Most Noble ans High Excellency, the Learned, the Just, the Administrator, the Councillor, the Regent, the Vizier, Najm al-Dīn Maḥmūd b. ‘Alī b. Shirwīn, (officer) of al-Malik al-Muẓaffar, Regent of the Noble Islamic Provinces, may God the Exalted make his victories glorious
Possible dating: before 748/1347
Dimensions: H. 38,1 cm
For more details: http://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;uk;Mus03;15;en&pageD=N
OpenEdition suggests that you cite this post as follows:
Simon Rousselot (February 21, 2020). Glass lamp for Maḥmūd b. Shirwīn. Mamluk Emblems Online Corpus. Retrieved October 16, 2024 from https://doi.org/10.58079/rdax