Egypt: Courtyard of the Mosque of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad, Cairo. Painting by Pascal Coste (26 November 1787 - 8 February 1879), c. 1839. Xavier Pascal Coste was a French architect. His father was one of the leading joiners in Marseille. Showing intellectual and artistic promise, Pascal began his studies in the studio of Penchaud, architect of the département and the municipalité. In 1814, he was received into the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His time in Paris was a pivotal one in his life - there he met the geographer Edme François Jomard, who put him in touch with the viceroy of Egypt.

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