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AN MERINID CARVED WOODEN BEAM SECTION
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AN MERINID CARVED WOODEN BEAM SECTION

MOROCCO, SECOND HALF 13TH CENTURY

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AN MERINID CARVED WOODEN BEAM SECTION
Morocco, second half 13th century
Comprising a section of a long beam, the face carved with strapwork forming an angular cartouche containing dense scrolling entwined foliate arabesques around a raised kufic inscription, one side with a stellar panel containing a rosette, traces of plaster and polychrome decoration, damages, incomplete, slight worming
8½ in. x 28¾ in. (22 cm. x 73 cm.)
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The inscription is difficult to decipher. The most probable reading is ... q a[l]-qa'im mawlahu (... steadfast, his protector/Lord).

The style of scrolling arabesques and kufic calligraphy is very close to that of a Merinid beam dated to the late 13th century in the Musée des Arts et Traditions, Fez (Maroc, Les Trésors du Royaume, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 1999, no.196, p.141).