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Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, 691-692 (fig. 6-4)
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dome, drum, ambulatory
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Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, 691-692 (fig. 6-4)
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dome, drum, ambulatory
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Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, 691-692 (fig. 6-4)
dome, drum, ambulatory |
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Dome of the Rock
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Great Mosque, Damascus, 706-715 (figs. 6-5, 6)
columnar hall mosque mihrab (niche indicating the direction of Mecca) quibla (wall in which the mihrab is located, also direction of Mecca) minaret (tower) sahn (arcaded courtyard) haram (covered prayer hall) |
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Great Mosque, Córdoba, Spain, 786 – 10th century (fig. 6-1, 6-7)
columnar hall mosque mihrab (niche indicating the direction of Mecca) quibla (wall in which the mihrab is located, also direction of Mecca) lobed arches stacked arches petaled dome |
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Great Mosque, Damascus, 706-715 (figs. 6-5, 6)
columnar hall mosque mihrab (niche indicating the direction of Mecca) quibla (wall in which the mihrab is located, also direction of Mecca) minaret (tower) sahn (arcaded courtyard) haram (covered prayer hall) |
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Constantinople, Church of Haghia Sophia, 532-537, colorplate 21, Figs. 4-28 – 4-31
Isidorus of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles central-plan church gallery dome, half-dome pendentive |
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Constantinople, Church of Haghia Sophia, 532-537, colorplate 21, Figs. 4-28 – 4-31
Isidorus of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles central-plan church gallery dome, half-dome pendentive |
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Constantinople, Church of Haghia Sophia, 532-537, colorplate 21, Figs. 4-28 – 4-31
Isidorus of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles central-plan church gallery dome, half-dome pendentive |
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Constantinople, Church of Haghia Sophia, 532-537, colorplate 21, Figs. 4-28 – 4-31
Isidorus of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles central-plan church gallery dome, half-dome pendentive |
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Ravenna, Orthodox Baptistery, 400-500 (fig. 4-17)
baptistery / baptisteria blind arch |
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Ravenna, Orthodox Baptistery, 400-500 (fig. 4-17)
baptistery / baptisteria blind arch |
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Ravenna, Church of S. Vitale, ca. 526 – 547
central-plan church, ambulatory, gallery |
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Rome, Sta. Costanza ca. A.D. 350 (fig. 4-10)
mausoleum (singular), mausolea (plural) central-plan church ambulatory |
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Rome, Sta. Costanza ca. A.D. 350 (fig. 4-10)
mausoleum (singular), mausolea (plural) central-plan church ambulatory |
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ambulatory
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A semicircular or polygonal passageway around the apse of a church
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baptistery / baptisteria
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A seperate building or part of a church used for the sacremental ceremony of reception into Cristianity
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blind arch
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An arch applied to a wall.
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central-plan church
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a church that goes around a central point instead of having a rectangular plan
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dome
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a fucking dome, damn
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half-dome
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half of a dome? no shit.
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drum
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cylindrical supporting structure of a dome
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gallery
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An upper story projecting from the interior wall of a building, or placed above the aisles of a church. It may function as as a corridor or as an area for assembly or seating
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haram
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covered prayer hall
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Isidorus of Miletus
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the architect who together with Anthemius of Tralles designed Hagia Sophia in Constantinople
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Anthemius of Tralles
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a professor of geometry at Constantinople and architect, who collaborated with Isidore of Miletus to build Hagia Sophia by the order of Justinian I.
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mihrab
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niche indicating the direction of Mecca
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minaret
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tower
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pendentive
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constructive device permitting the placing of a circular dome over a square room or an elliptical dome over a rectangular room. The pendentives, which are triangular segments of a sphere, taper to points at the bottom and spread at the top to establish the continuous circular or elliptical base needed for the dome
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petaled dome
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Octagonal based Dome
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quibla
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wall in which the mihrab is located, also direction of Mecca
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sahn
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arcaded courtyard
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stacked arches
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Arches stacked on top of each other...
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lobed arches
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arches with semicircular recesses carved around the curvature of the arch
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mausoleum
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an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or persons.
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columnar hall mosque
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mosque with a hall of columns (11 by 10 in the great mosque)
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