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Creation Year
1967
Image ID
AP.002
Alternate Identifier
B41.002
Subcollection
AP: Central Turkey
Abstract
A view of the monumental portal of the Cifte Minare Medrese. - SK.
Description
The Çifte Minare Medrese was commissioned by an Ilkhanid-Mongol vizier Şemsettin Güveyni in 1271, after defeating the Seljuks. Only the monumental façade remains, which has a pair ('çifte') of minarets rising from its top. It was once a madrasa and included a double-storied courtyard within four iwans, in classical Ilkhanid style. The minarets are covered with banna'i work, in which plain bricks are combined with those with glazed ends to form a pattern. - SK
Image Notes
Creation date unknown. Photograph processed September 1967. Formerly catalogued as B41.002, AP.001. Notes written on the slide or index: Sivas - Çifte Minare.
Curator Notes
Visible on the left is the entrance portal and damaged wall of the Sifaiye Medrese, and later reconstructions to this wall have blocked this view.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Sivas, Turkey
Keywords
Full View, Minaret, Brick, Masonry, Banna'i, Façade, Madrasa, Şemsettin Güveyni, Thirteenth Century, Ilkhanid, Selçuklu Parkı (Selçuk Park)
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