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Creation Year
1967
Image ID
AP.007
Alternate Identifier
B41.007
Subcollection
AP: Central Turkey
Abstract
A 10-tiered flared muqarnas or stalactite vault in typical Anatolian style, on the portal of the Cifte Minare medrese in Sivas, Turkey. - 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 B41.007, AP.006. Notes written on the slide or index: Sivas - Çifte Minare.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Sivas, Turkey
Keywords
Stone, Carving, Muqarnas, Quranic Inscription, Arabic Inscription, Relief Sculpture, Engaged Columns, Columns, Pointed Arches, Arches, Signage, Thirteenth Century, Ilkhanid, Selçuklu Parkı (Selçuk Park)
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