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The facade of a Mamluk sabil on saffron: below, large windows with bronze grilles set in walls of alternating red and pale stone under joggled lintels and inlaid arches; above, an open loggia of pointed arches behind a wooden balustrade, sheltered by a projecting wooden canopy.
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Sabil

No. 54 of 100 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeThe facade of a Mamluk sabil on saffron: below, large windows with bronze grilles set in walls of alternating red and pale stone under joggled lintels and inlaid arches; above, an open loggia of pointed arches behind a wooden balustrade, sheltered by a projecting wooden canopy.

What it meansA sabil is a charitable public fountain. In Mamluk and Ottoman Cairo many were built as a sabil-kuttab, with water handed out through the grilled windows below and a primary school for teaching the Qur'an in the loggia above.

Where it worksA warm, architectural plate for a kitchen, a hallway or a dining room.

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