Thursday, November 12, 2015

The Islamic World

10-20A Blue Koran
Kairouan
9th to mid-10th century
surah 18 of the Koran


10-2 Dome of the Rock (looking east)
The first great Islamic building
Sacred for 

10-22 Muqarnas dome
Hall of the Abencerrajes, Palace of the Lions, Alhambra, Granada, Spain
1354-1391



10-25 Tughra of Suleyman the Magnificent

10-28  Mihrab
From the Madrasa Imami, Isfahan 
1354

10-10 Mausoleum of the Samanids (looking west)

10-1a The Horseshoe arches of the Cordoba

10-18 Pyxis of Al-Mughira

10-6 Detail of the mosaics in the courtyard arcade of the Great Mosque
Damascus, Syria

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