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

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

Louis Haghe (British, 1806–1885) · 1849

color lithograph
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

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

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