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The Jameh Mosque of Na'in, one of the oldest surviving congregational mosques in Iran, contains some of the best-preserved features from this period, including decorative brickwork, Kufic inscriptions, and rich stucco decoration featuring vine scrolls and acanthus leaves that draw from the earlier styles of Samarra.
For example, the decoration of the 15th-century mosque in Yazd, Persia is based on a circle, divided into six by six circles drawn around it, all touching at its centre and each touching its two neighbours' centres to form a regular hexagon. On this basis is constructed a six-pointed star surrounded by six smaller irregular hexagons to form a ...
Interior of a Mosque was painted by Jean-Léon Gérôme, with painting beginning in 1890 and finishing by 1899. It is oil on canvas and measures 23 3/8 inches by 35 3/8 inches. [ 1 ] This work of art is currently on view in the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, New York and belongs to the Hiram Sibley Collection.
The architecture of Mosques — throughout the world. See also: Category: Islamic architectural elements. Subcategories.
A technical drawing of the Kaaba showing dimensions and elements Rukn al-Yamani (The Yemeni Corner) Each numbered item in the following list corresponds to features noted in the diagram image. The Ḥajar al-Aswad (Arabic: الحجر الأسود, romanized: al-Hajar al-Aswad, lit. 'The Black Stone'), is located on the Kaaba's eastern corner.
The mosque is the result of continual construction, reconstruction, additions and renovations on the site from around 771 to the end of the 20th century. Site plan from 1840. Jameh Mosque of Isfahan
I live part of the year in Istanbul, and my homecomings there always involve a ravenous re-encounter with lahmacun, that blistered, paper-thin, fire-kissed flatbread topped with spicy ground meat ...
It is located directly to the right of the mosque's minbar, and is notable for its woodwork which includes an elaborately carved Kufic inscription dedicated to al-Mu'izz. [ 5 ] [ 4 ] The preserved maqsura of the Great Mosque of Cordoba , although no longer part of a functioning mosque, is even older but represents a very different example.