Engraving of the Maydan-i Naqsh-i Jahan
Item
Title
Engraving of the Maydan-i Naqsh-i Jahan
Description
This is an image of an engraving that depicts the northern side of the the Maydan-i Naqsh-i Jahan where the Qaysaria Gate and coffeehouse complex are located. The engraving originally comes from the travelogue of Jean Chardin.
Creator
Unknown
Temporal Coverage
ca. 1598 to 1606
Spatial Coverage
Isfahan, Iran
Type
Image
Date Created
1635
Source
Farshid Emami, “Coffee Houses, Urban Spaces, and the Formation of a Public Sphere in Safavid Isfahan,” Muqarnas 33 (2016): 196.
Contributor
Thomas Crabtree
Rights
Jean Chardin, Voyages du chevalier Chardin, en Perse, 4 vols. [Amsterdam, 1635], 2: N. xxxvii
