Ibrīq
Ibrīq , also Ibrik ( Arabic إبريق, DMG ibrīq 'jug, jug', plural abārīq , from Persian آبریز âbriz , 'water catchment area', also 'bucket', 'wash basin for religious ablutions') designates, in addition to the Arabic word formation, in other languages from Romanian ibric , Greek briki (μπρίκι), Turkish ıbrik to Tigrinya ʾabriq a jug or a mug for water, coffee or tea with a thin spout. It is alsounderstood to meana metal jug for cooking mocha over an open fire in Arabic and Turkish cuisine as well as in Balkan cuisine . In Turkey this jug is called cezve .
During the Islamic ritual washing ( wudū ' ), water from the ibrīq is poured over the hands and collected in a bowl ( ṭast , also ṭišt ). Early Arab poets such as Abu Nuwas praised the wine that was poured from the abārīq , referring to the Koran . Simple water jars were formerly made of clay, others were made of sheet copper driven and tinned . The elegantly curved bulbous jugs used at the oriental courts were often made of copper or brass, which was inlaid with silver in fine floral patterns .
history
The plural form abārīq already occurs in the Koran and describes the drinking vessels in paradise:
« بِأَكْوَابٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِن مَّعِينٍ »
"Bi-akwābin wa-abāriqa wa-kaʾsin min maʿīnin"
"With tankards and jugs (full of wine?) And a mug (full) of spring water (to mix in?),"
materials
Various materials such as copper were used for the production, some had inlays made of silver . Still others were made of ceramic.
literature
- Eva Baer: Ibrīḳ in: Encyclopaedia Islamica. Volume 12 (supplementary volume), Brill, Leiden 2004, p. 406
- Eva Baer: Metalwork in Medieval Islamic Art. State University of New York Press, Albany (NY) 1983
- Kurt Erdmann : Islamic casting vessels of the 11th century . In: Pantheon XXII, July – December 1938, pp. 251–254
- Arthur Upham Pope (Ed.): A Survey of Persian Art . 6 volumes, Oxford 1938–1939
- Gaston Wiet: Catalog Général du Musée Arabe du Caire. Objets en Cuivre . Cairo 1932