زخرفة المتاهة (المایندر) على العمائر الاسلامیة فی بلاد الشام ومصر من العصر الأموی حتى عصر أسرة محمد علی

Abstract

The ornament of the minder, which means the maze, or, as some call it, zigzag decorations is a type of engineering decoration that appeared earlier in Greek and Roman art (the classical period) in various types and shapes, as it appeared in ancient Egyptian art. As for the decoration in the Islamic architecture, it was not monitored by a specialized study in spite of the appearance of this decoration on Islamic buildings since the Umayyad era in the Levant. In Egypt, the decoration was found on artistic artifacts and buildings that are attributed to the Coptic era, and continued use in the era (Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk) Frames that define the main motifs with antiques or within geometric shapes that separate them in the same style that was found on Seljuk buildings and artifacts. This decoration was found on the facades of houses in the city of Rashid and that since the 12th century AH / 18AD CE, and its use has spread since the era of Muhammad Ali and his family with innovation and artistry at times, And the diversity in the materials by which the decoration was implemented, so this decoration was traced to Islamic buildings and the use of some artifacts as models to illustrate the ways of implementing this decoration and track its development in Islamic arts.