Considérations sur le luminaire médiéval religieux au proche-orient

Abstract FRE

Make me a nice lamp from the rest of ail the copper.

Its column should be octogonal and stout, its base should be in the form of a lampstand with strong feet.

On its head there should be a copper lamp with two ends for two wicks, which should be set on the end of the column so that it can move up and down.

The three parts, the column, the stand, and the lamp, should be separate from one another If they can make the feet in spirals, then let it be so; for this is more beautiful" Commande passée de Aden à l’Inde (Goitein 1983 : 134-135)